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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030