AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Both AISI 316L stainless steel and AISI 410Cb stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 316L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 350 | |
200 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 50 | |
15 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 450 | |
180 to 460 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 690 | |
340 to 590 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1160 | |
550 to 960 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
730 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
27 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
7.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
2.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
29 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
97 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
12 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 230 | |
70 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 93 to 1880 | |
240 to 1600 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
20 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 31 | |
19 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
7.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
11 to 13 |
Iron (Fe), % | 62 to 72 | |
84.5 to 89 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 14 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |