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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4606 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
240 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 490
410 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
600 to 1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
280 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
770
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
26
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
200 to 1010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
21 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
20 to 28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
21 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
13 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
49.2 to 59
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
24 to 27
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5