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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8915 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and EN 1.8915 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 1.8915 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 360
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
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
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0.020 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
95.2 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.1 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0 to 0.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.025
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.2