EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 620 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 950 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 560 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 30 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 780 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 54.2 to 61.6 | |
| 57.3 to 63.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.35 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |