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Grade VDC Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

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

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 50
57
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
17.5 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030