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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8159 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and EN 1.8159 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 1.8159 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
23 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
19 to 58

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.47 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.9 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
96.4 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.25