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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8896 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.8896 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 1.8896 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 490
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
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
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
97 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.3
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 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1