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EN 1.1127 Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.1127 steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 EN 1.1127 steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 230
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 25
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280 to 370
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 480
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 790
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410 to 580
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 90 to 140
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 440 to 880
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 28
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 24
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 25
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.34 to 0.42
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 96.6 to 98.1
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 1.4 to 1.7
14 to 16
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030