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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1015 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1015 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% 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 SAE-AISI 1015 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
20 to 32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
170 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 360
260 to 270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
390 to 440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
210 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
83 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
120 to 360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
14 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
15 to 16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
12 to 14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.13 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
99.13 to 99.57
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0