EN 1.6582 Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6582 steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.6582 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 300 | |
| 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 | 620 to 1750 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 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 | 3.6 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.2 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 62 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 51 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.7 to 96.5 | |
| 55.7 to 62.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |