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AISI 309 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 309 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 (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 309 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 210
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 47
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 280
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 470
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 710
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 350
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
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 15
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 230
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 310
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 25
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 23
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 58 to 66
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 12 to 15
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
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