S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 470 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 2.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 600 to 1190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 95.6 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |