S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5538 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.5538 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5538 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
160 to 190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
64 to 69 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
530 to 1810 |
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 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
2.0 |
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
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
19 to 64 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
19 to 42 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
16 to 53 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0.35 to 0.4 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
97.2 to 98.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
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 |