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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 52100 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 52100 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
10 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
250 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 360
370 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
590 to 2010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
360 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12 to 13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
54 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
350 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
21 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
19 to 61

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
1.4 to 1.6
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
96.5 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.25 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0