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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. S38100 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and S38100 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S38100 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 88
84
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Shear Strength, MPa 490
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
20
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
57.9 to 64
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
17.5 to 18.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
1.5 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030