Type 4 Magnetic Alloy vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S21904 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 21% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 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 Type 4 magnetic alloy 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, % | 2.0 to 40 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 400 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 630 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1100 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 1040 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 22 to 200 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 2840 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 35 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 27 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 37 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 9.5 to 17.5 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 79 to 82 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |