EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI S2 Steel
Both EN 1.3967 stainless steel and SAE-AISI S2 steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 670 to 1940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 23 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.4 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 21.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.3 to 57.8 | |
| 96 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |