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S40910 Stainless Steel vs. S21800 Stainless Steel

Both S40910 stainless steel and S21800 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S40910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 76
88
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Shear Strength, MPa 270
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
340
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 94
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 85 to 89.5
59.1 to 65.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
8.0 to 9.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.17
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.18
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
3.5 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.5
0