AISI 431 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CB30 Steel
Both AISI 431 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CB30 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 431 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB30 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 250 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1380 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 710 to 1040 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1270 to 2770 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 50 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 5.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.8 | |
| 72.9 to 82 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |