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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
230 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
14 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
310 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 57
56 to 62
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
79
Shear Strength, MPa 490
500 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
780 to 940
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
430 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
22
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
120 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
460 to 1640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
24 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
52.1 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3