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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
170 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 88
80
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Shear Strength, MPa 490
370 to 690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
18 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
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