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S42010 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both S42010 stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 S42010 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 18
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 370
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 800
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 30
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95
320
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 13.5 to 15
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 80.9 to 85.6
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
14 to 16
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.85
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.35 to 0.85
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030