S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 240 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 200 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 72 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 97.1 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |