SAE-AISI 9310 Steel vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 9310 steel and S17400 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 9310 steel and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 540 to 610 | |
| 280 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 390 | |
| 380 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 570 | |
| 570 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 820 to 910 | |
| 910 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 580 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.4 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 150 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 to 860 | |
| 880 to 4060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 32 | |
| 32 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 30 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.8 to 95.2 | |
| 70.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |