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EN 1.0591 Cast Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.0591 cast steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0591 cast steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 19
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.7
22
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 340
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 99.935 to 100
55.7 to 62.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6