AISI 310S Stainless Steel vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both AISI 310S stainless steel and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 310S stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 190 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 44 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 220 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 420 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 220 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 310 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.3 to 57 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| 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 |