SAE-AISI 9310 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1117 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 9310 steel and SAE-AISI 1117 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1117 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 540 to 610 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
| 17 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 390 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 570 | |
| 320 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 820 to 910 | |
| 490 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 260 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 150 | |
| 86 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 to 860 | |
| 180 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 32 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 15 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0.14 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.8 to 95.2 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |