MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030