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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Shear Strength, MPa 490
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
480
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
4.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.8 to 1.1
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
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25