MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. S21640 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and S21640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 S21640 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 560
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
2.8

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
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
63 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
3.5 to 6.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
4.0 to 6.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.5
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030