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Grade VDSiCrV Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDSiCrV steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 VDSiCrV steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 630
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2100
830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 75
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 47
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 1.0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.1 to 97.8
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
14 to 16
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.25
0