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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. Grade FDSiCrV Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and grade FDSiCrV steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

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

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
2100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
50

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
75
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
47
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
63

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.5 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.5 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.12
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
96 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.4 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.25