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EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4859 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 560
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
17
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 88
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
5.0 to 7.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030