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SAE-AISI D4 Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI D4 steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D4 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.4 to 15
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 920
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 1210
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 2060
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470 to 1540
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.0
22
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 160
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 75
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 47
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 63
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 2.1 to 2.4
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 80.6 to 86.3
55.7 to 62.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 1.0
0