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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8893 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.8893 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8893 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 490
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
720

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
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
95.6 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
1.4 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.3 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0.3 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12