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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1203 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and EN 1.1203 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1203 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
200 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
12 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
210 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 490
420 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
690 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
340 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
69 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
310 to 610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
22 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
22 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.52 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
97.1 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035