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EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8637 Steel

Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8637 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8637 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 45
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 330
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 550
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 900
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 570
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
38
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 260
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 830
340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 32
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 27
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0.35 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 19
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 78
96.6 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.8
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 9.5
0.4 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040