AISI 440C Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Both AISI 440C stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 440C stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 14 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 840 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 1120 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 1970 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1900 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 22 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 39 to 88 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 71 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.2 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 83.1 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |