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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4581 Stainless Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.4581 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4581 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
21
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
4.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
61.4 to 71
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
9.0 to 12
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0