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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.4872 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4872 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
79
Shear Strength, MPa 490
620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
950
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
30
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
24 to 26
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
54.2 to 61.6
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
8.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.4
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