EN 1.1151 Steel vs. S21800 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1151 steel and S21800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1151 steel and the bottom bar is S21800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 150 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 26 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 240 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 330 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 520 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 340 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 100 | |
| 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 99.43 | |
| 59.1 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |