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EN 1.5536 Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5536 steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5536 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140 to 170
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 460 to 1600
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
170

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 57
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 39
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 47
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.6 to 98.7
55.7 to 62.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6