EN 1.0314 Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0314 steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 EN 1.0314 steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 92 to 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 25 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 220 | |
| 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 78 to 86 | |
| 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 200 to 250 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 320 to 400 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 310 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 87 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 to 250 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 11 to 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 13 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 22 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.365 to 99.78 | |
| 57.6 to 67.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 7.5 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 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 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |