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S40910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel

Both S40910 stainless steel and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S40910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
210 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
22 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
240 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 270
440 to 660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
620 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
250 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
210 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 94
160 to 1580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
22 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
21 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
14 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 85 to 89.5
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
6.0 to 8.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.17
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0