SAE-AISI 1084 Steel vs. AISI 310 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1084 steel and AISI 310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 SAE-AISI 1084 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 310 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 270 | |
| 180 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 550 | |
| 420 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1040 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 89 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 960 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 30 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.8 to 0.93 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.6 | |
| 48.2 to 57 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |