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S32506 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both S32506 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 S32506 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
77
Shear Strength, MPa 440
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 620
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 60.8 to 67.4
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
14 to 16
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.2
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.080 to 0.2
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0.050 to 0.3
0