ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 300 to 420 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 11 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 960 to 1350 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1180 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 120 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1500 to 3590 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 48 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 35 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 32 to 45 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.7 | |
| 17.5 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.3 to 78.4 | |
| 57.6 to 67.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 7.5 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.6 to 4.6 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |