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EN 1.3538 Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3538 steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3538 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 740
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.3
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 26
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.2
55.7 to 62.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6