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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1020 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1020 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1020 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
120 to 130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
17 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
180 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 57
45 to 57
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 490
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
430 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
240 to 380

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
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
72 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
150 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
15 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
16 to 17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13 to 14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
99.08 to 99.52
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.3 to 0.6
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 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050