S21460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8159 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and EN 1.8159 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8159 steel.

UNS S21460 (XM-14) Stainless Steel EN 1.8159 (51CrV4) Chromium-Vanadium Steel

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness		250
Brinell Hardness		200 to 360

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		190

Poisson's Ratio		0.28
Poisson's Ratio		0.29

Shear Modulus, GPa		77
Shear Modulus, GPa		73

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa		830
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa		660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		290
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		250

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C		920
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C		420

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		1380
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		1460

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		1330
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		1410

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		470

Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		18
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative		14
Base Metal Price, % relative		2.3

Density, g/cm³		7.6
Density, g/cm³		7.8

Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		3.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		1.9

Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		43
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		26

Embodied Water, L/kg		160
Embodied Water, L/kg		52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		14
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		13

Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		25
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		24

Strength to Weight: Axial, points		30
Strength to Weight: Axial, points		23 to 70

Strength to Weight: Bending, points		26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points		21 to 45

Thermal Shock Resistance, points		17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points		19 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), %		0 to 0.12
Carbon (C), %		0.47 to 0.55

Chromium (Cr), %		17 to 19
Chromium (Cr), %		0.9 to 1.2

Iron (Fe), %		57.3 to 63.7
Iron (Fe), %		96.4 to 97.8

Manganese (Mn), %		14 to 16
Manganese (Mn), %		0.7 to 1.1

Nickel (Ni), %		5.0 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), %		0

Nitrogen (N), %		0.35 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), %		0

Phosphorus (P), %		0 to 0.060
Phosphorus (P), %		0 to 0.035

Silicon (Si), %		0 to 1.0
Silicon (Si), %		0 to 0.4

Sulfur (S), %		0 to 0.030
Sulfur (S), %		0 to 0.035

Vanadium (V), %		0
Vanadium (V), %		0.1 to 0.25