MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.4659 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4659 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 45
49
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
81
Shear Strength, MPa 490
640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
37
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
6.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
54
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
370
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
35.7 to 45.7
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
5.5 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
21 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 2.5