EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4421 stainless steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4421 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 1100 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 950 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 960 to 2270 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 39 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 80.5 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |