EN 1.1181 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1181 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.1181 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 20 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 260 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 380 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.4 to 99.18 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |