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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8159 Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.8159 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8159 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
200 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
23 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
21 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
19 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.47 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0.9 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
96.4 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.7 to 1.1
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 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.1 to 0.25

Comparable Variants