S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5805 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.5805 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5805 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 460 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 16 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 17 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 13 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.070 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 95.7 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| 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 |