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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5130 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5130 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 (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 5130 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
12 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
230 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 360
310 to 390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
500 to 640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
330 to 530

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
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
74 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
290 to 750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
18 to 23
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
0.28 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
97.2 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 0.9
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 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0