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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1340 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1340 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 SAE-AISI 1340 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
160 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
11 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
220 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 580
340 to 440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
540 to 730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
300 to 620

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
12

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
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
78 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
240 to 1040
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
19 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
19 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
17 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
97.2 to 97.9
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
1.6 to 1.9
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040