ASTM A588 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Both ASTM A588 steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A588 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 540 to 610 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 to 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 to 44 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 2.5 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 to 51 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 | |
| 540 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 27 |