AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 310 stainless steel and AISI 302 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
| 170 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 4.5 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 210 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 400 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 580 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 230 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 59 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 140 to 3070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 21 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 20 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |