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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 82% 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 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 340
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030