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EN 1.3551 Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3551 steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3551 steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 530
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1490
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
17
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.9
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 71
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 82
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
34
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.77 to 0.85
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
17.5 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 88.8 to 91.1
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.35
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 4.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.25
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.9 to 1.1
0