AISI 334 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7117 Steel
Both AISI 334 stainless steel and EN 1.7117 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 334 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7117 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 200 to 480 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 660 to 1930 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| 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 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 24 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 20 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.49 to 0.56 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 55.7 to 62.7 | |
| 95.2 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |