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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 442 Stainless Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and AISI 442 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 442 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
22
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
3.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
10
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
5.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
18 to 23
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
74.1 to 82
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040