S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5503 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.5503 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5503 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 120 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 270 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 400 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 270 to 430 |
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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 41 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 200 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.16 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 98.4 to 99.239 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| 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 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |