EN 1.6368 Steel vs. AISI 310S Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6368 steel and AISI 310S stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 310S stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 34 to 44 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 430 | |
| 420 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 2.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
| 190 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
| 48.3 to 57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |