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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8516 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and EN 1.8516 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.8516 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
570
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 360
660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
470
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
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
5.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
2190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
32

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.2 to 0.27
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
94.6 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
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