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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8818 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and EN 1.8818 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 1.8818 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
400
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
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.034
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
95.9 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0 to 1.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.35
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0 to 0.017
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1