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AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. S31260 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 334 stainless steel and S31260 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31260 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 360
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
20
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
39
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 55.7 to 62.7
59.6 to 67.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
5.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.1 to 0.5