AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and AISI 410 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 330 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |