AISI 310 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 685
AISI 310 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 280 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1040 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 310 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 57 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |