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S30600 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both S30600 stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 350
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
14
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.018
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 58.9 to 65.3
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 16
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 14 to 15.5
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 3.7 to 4.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030