S20910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 440A Stainless Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and AISI 440A stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 440A stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
5.0 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
270 to 790 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
450 to 1040 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
730 to 1790 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
420 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
760 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
23 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
9.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
2.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
31 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
18 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
87 to 120 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
26 to 65 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
23 to 43 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
6.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
26 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0.6 to 0.75 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
16 to 18 |
Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
78.4 to 83.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |