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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5636 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and EN 1.5636 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5636 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
560
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
3.6
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.060 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
94.6 to 97.4
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050