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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0601 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.0601 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0601 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 490
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
65
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.57 to 0.65
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
97.1 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045