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S21600 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 415 Stainless Steel

Both S21600 stainless steel and AISI 415 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S21600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 415 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 56
50
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Shear Strength, MPa 500
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
780
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
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
11
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
1250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
33

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
11.5 to 14
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
77.8 to 84
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.5 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030