EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4938 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, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |