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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316N Stainless Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and AISI 316N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316N stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
190 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
9.0 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
230 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 360
420 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
620 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
270 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
95 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
180 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
22 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
14 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
61.9 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0