EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |