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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 290
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 39
17 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 460
380 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 570
510 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
700 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 810
390 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 260
160 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 1640
380 to 2070
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
25 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
23 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
15 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
19 to 21.5
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
59.5 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
8.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
5.5 to 7.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.15 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0

Comparable Variants