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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8888 Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.8888 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 1.8888 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15