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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5511 Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.5511 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5511 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
150 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 56 to 62
51 to 69
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
490 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
400
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
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
17 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
15 to 17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.32 to 0.39
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
98.3 to 99.159
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0