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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3553 steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 EN 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
14
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
25
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
57.3 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
14 to 16
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0