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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 1.4301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
14 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
200 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 490
430 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
610 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
110 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
120 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
20 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
66.8 to 74.5
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
8.0 to 10.5
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 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015