SAE-AISI H10 Steel vs. S31727 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI H10 steel and S31727 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H10 steel and the bottom bar is S31727 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2030 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 71 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 35 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 72 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 66 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.0 to 3.8 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 2.8 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 89.5 to 93.4 | |
| 53.7 to 61.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |