EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4021 stainless steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
| 330 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |