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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
240 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 580
410 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
600 to 1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
280 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
770
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
26
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
200 to 1010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
21 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
20 to 28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
21 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
13 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
49.2 to 59
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
24 to 27
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5