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S21600 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel

Both S21600 stainless steel and AISI 309 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
34 to 47
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
250 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 86
84
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Shear Strength, MPa 500
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
600 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
260 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
200 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
170 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
22 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
58 to 66
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
12 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030