EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 310 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4568 stainless steel and AISI 310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4568 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 310 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 21 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 930 | |
| 420 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1620 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 1490 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 140 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 5710 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 58 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 40 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.9 to 76.8 | |
| 48.2 to 57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.8 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |