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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8516 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and EN 1.8516 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8516 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
570
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 580
660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
470
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
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
5.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
2190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.2 to 0.27
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
94.6 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035