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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8620 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8620 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 SAE-AISI 8620 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
150 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
13 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
270 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 490
340 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
520 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
360 to 570

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
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
86 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
340 to 880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
18 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
18 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
96.9 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0.4 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040