S20910 Stainless Steel vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Both S20910 stainless steel and Type 2 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |