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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4162 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.4162 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4162 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Shear Strength, MPa 490
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
67.2 to 73.3
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
1.4 to 1.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015