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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1211 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1211 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 SAE-AISI 1211 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
140 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
11 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
200 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
280 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
430 to 580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
260 to 460

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
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
61 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
180 to 550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
15 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
16 to 20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
14 to 18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
98.7 to 99.23
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.6 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
0.070 to 0.12
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.1 to 0.15