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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
16 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
390 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
540 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
870 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
640 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
1050 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
31 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
26 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
30 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
80.5 to 84.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
2.0 to 3.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.020 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.25 to 0.4

Comparable Variants