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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
17 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
380 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340
510 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
700 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
390 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
160 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
380 to 2070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
25 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
23 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
19 to 21.5
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
59.5 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
8.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 7.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0.15 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030