MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6579 steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 290
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 570
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850 to 980
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600 to 910
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.4
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 120
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950 to 2210
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.32 to 0.38
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.7
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 94.2 to 96.1
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.35
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.7
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030