EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 310HCb Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and AISI 310HCb stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 310HCb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 610 | |
| 520 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 28 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 85 | |
| 69 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 42.6 to 51.9 | |
| 48 to 57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.8 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |