S20910 Stainless Steel vs. Monel 400
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |