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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% 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 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 28
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
79
Shear Strength, MPa 620
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
17
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030