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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4028 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4028 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 (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 SAE-AISI 4028 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
150 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
14 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
180 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 360
310 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
490 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
260 to 520

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
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
81 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
180 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
17 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
18 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
16 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.25 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.035 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0