AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI P21 Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and SAE-AISI P21 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI P21 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 1130 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 9.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 62 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.18 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 92.1 to 94.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.72 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |