AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601
AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |