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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6781 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and EN 1.6781 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6781 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
680

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.15 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
92.6 to 94.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.55 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
3.0 to 3.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0