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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4130 Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4130 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 SAE-AISI 4130 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
200 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
13 to 26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
320 to 660
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
340 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
530 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
440 to 980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
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
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
83 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
500 to 2550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
19 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
19 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
16 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.28 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
97.3 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.4 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants