AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN Steel
Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 520 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 59.1 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |