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S21800 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4024 Steel

Both S21800 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4024 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 S21800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4024 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 340
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250
77
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 390
670
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Iron (Fe), % 59.1 to 65.4
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 9.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.080 to 0.18
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 3.5 to 4.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.035 to 0.050