AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A356 Grade 10
Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and ASTM A356 grade 10 are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A356 grade 10.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 520 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 5.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 480 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.0 to 2.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 94.4 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |