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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
480
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
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.8 to 1.1
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.15 to 0.25