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S21600 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel

Both S21600 stainless steel and EN 1.4859 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 S21600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4859 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
560
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
36
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
88
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
19 to 21
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
40.3 to 49
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.5 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.5 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030