S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8522 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.8522 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 1.8522 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 730 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 470 |
| 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 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 6.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 26 to 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.29 to 0.36 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 93.7 to 96 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| 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 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |