AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN Steel
Both AISI 310 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CF10SMnN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 59.1 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |