Cold Finished AISI 321 vs. Strain Hardened S20910 Stainless Steel
Both cold finished AISI 321 and strain hardened S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold finished AISI 321 and the bottom bar is strain hardened S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |