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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7380 Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.7380 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7380 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
160 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
19 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
200 to 230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
74
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
330 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
540 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
290 to 330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
5.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
87 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
230 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
19 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
15 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.080 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
2.0 to 2.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
94.6 to 96.6
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010