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AISI 316L Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel

Both AISI 316L stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 SAE-AISI 9310 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 350
540 to 610
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0 to 50
17 to 19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 450
300 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Rockwell B Hardness 80
240 to 270
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 690
510 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1160
820 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
450 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
4.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
57

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 230
120 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 93 to 1880
540 to 860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
29 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 31
25 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
24 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.0 to 1.4
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 72
93.8 to 95.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.45 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.080 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 14
3.0 to 3.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.2 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.012

Comparable Variants