S21603 Stainless Steel vs. S31727 Stainless Steel
Both S21603 stainless steel and S31727 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31727 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 360 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 57 | |
| 56 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 88 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 22 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.6 to 67.8 | |
| 53.7 to 61.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 9.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |