AISI 414 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 414 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 414 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 480 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 to 790 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 to 1590 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 34 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 28 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 35 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 87.3 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |