AISI 308L Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 308L stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% 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 AISI 308L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
250 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
46 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
390 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
580 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
830 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
430 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
920 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1330 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
14 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
3.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
43 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
160 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
25 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 | |
320 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
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 | 13 | |
17 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 to 0.12 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 19.5 to 22 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 63.8 to 70.5 | |
57.3 to 63.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
14 to 16 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
5.0 to 6.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.35 to 0.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |