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S24000 Stainless Steel vs. S21640 Stainless Steel

Both S24000 stainless steel and S21640 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S24000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21640 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 39
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 530
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
17
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 260
280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 61.5 to 69
63 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
3.5 to 6.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
4.0 to 6.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.080 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030