ASTM A387 Grade 21 Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 21 steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 21 steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 250 | |
| 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 370 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 590 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 480 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.1 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 62 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.4 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 110 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 320 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 17.5 to 22 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.4 to 96 | |
| 57.6 to 67.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 7.5 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |