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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. C90500 Gun Metal

AISI 334 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while C90500 gun metal belongs to the copper alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is C90500 gun metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
110
Elongation at Break, % 34
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.34
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
40
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
320
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
190
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1000
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
850
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
370
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
35
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
390

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
54
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
6.9
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
10
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
0 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
86 to 89
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
0 to 0.2
Lead (Pb), % 0
0 to 0.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.0050
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050
Tin (Sn), % 0
9.0 to 11
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
1.0 to 3.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3