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EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
17 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
380 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 550
510 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
700 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
390 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
160 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
380 to 2070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
25 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
23 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
15 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
19 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 74.9
59.5 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
8.0 to 10
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
5.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants