S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7216 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.7216 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 (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 410 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 650 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 400 to 690 |
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 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 97.2 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| 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 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |