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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4340 Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4340 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 SAE-AISI 4340 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
210 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
12 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
330 to 740
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
430 to 770
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
690 to 1280
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
470 to 1150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
430
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
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
79 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
590 to 3490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
24 to 45
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
22 to 33
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.38 to 0.43
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
95.1 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
1.7 to 2.0
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
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0

Comparable Variants