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S21600 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8874 Steel

Both S21600 stainless steel and EN 1.8874 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8874 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
670
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15