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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030