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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. Grade TDC Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and grade TDC 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 TDC steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
510
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
1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
60
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.6 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.1
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
98 to 99.4
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.5 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.1 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020