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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1060 Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1060 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
180 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
10 to 13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
260 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 57
34 to 51
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 490
370 to 450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
620 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
400 to 540

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
1.8
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
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
58 to 82
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
430 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
22 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
21 to 23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
20 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.55 to 0.65
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
98.4 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050