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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. S44401 Stainless Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and S44401 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S44401 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
930
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
22
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
90
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
5.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
75.1 to 80.6
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.035
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.8