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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. S21800 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and S21800 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 57
62
Rockwell B Hardness 88
88
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 490
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
340
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
59.1 to 65.4
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
8.0 to 9.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0.080 to 0.18
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
3.5 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030