EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
150 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
360 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
540 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
190 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
490 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
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 | 11 | |
16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
22 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
4.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
59 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
170 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
19 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
140 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
96 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
19 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.6 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
18 to 20 |
Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
55.7 to 62.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
19 to 21 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.6 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
0 |