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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. S32050 Stainless Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and S32050 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32050 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 46
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 580
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
31
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
81
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
48
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
43.1 to 51.8
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 6.6
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
20 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0.21 to 0.32
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020