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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 79
88
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
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), % 8.0 to 12
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030