SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 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 | 12 to 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 17.5 to 22 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 57.6 to 67.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 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 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |