EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 300 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 820 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 4.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 93.8 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |