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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7003 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.7003 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7003 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
150 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
520 to 1780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
18 to 63
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
18 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15 to 53

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.35 to 0.42
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
97.7 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035