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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.4740 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
22
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
18
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
16 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
75.4 to 82.7
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030