AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4621 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 310 stainless steel and EN 1.4621 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 EN 1.4621 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 510 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 3.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 5.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 20 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 74.4 to 79.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |