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AISI 405 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 405 stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 405 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 300
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 14.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 82.5 to 88.4
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030