AISI 317L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 410S Stainless Steel
Both AISI 317L stainless steel and AISI 410S stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 317L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410S stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
160 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 44 | |
25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
180 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 56 | |
50 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 81 | |
78 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
310 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
480 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
250 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
740 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
30 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.3 | |
3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
7.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
1.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
27 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
13 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 | |
170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
18 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
8.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
17 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
11.5 to 13.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 68 | |
83.8 to 88.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 15 | |
0 to 0.6 |
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 |