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S21600 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 418 Stainless Steel

Both S21600 stainless steel and AISI 418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 56
50
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500
680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
770
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1460
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
1830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
12 to 14
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
78.5 to 83.6
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
1.8 to 2.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.5