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EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6579 steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 290
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
17 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 570
380 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850 to 980
700 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600 to 910
390 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.7
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.8
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.4
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 120
160 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950 to 2210
380 to 2070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
25 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
23 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
15 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.32 to 0.38
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.7
19 to 21.5
Iron (Fe), % 94.2 to 96.1
59.5 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
8.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.7
5.5 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants