EN 1.8936 Steel vs. AISI 310S Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8936 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8936 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 310S stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
170 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
34 to 44 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
250 to 280 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
79 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 370 | |
420 to 470 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
600 to 710 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 | |
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 | 2.5 | |
25 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
4.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
61 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
190 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
200 to 220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 | |
190 to 310 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
21 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
20 to 22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
4.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
24 to 26 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.5 to 98.9 | |
48.3 to 57 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
19 to 22 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |