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S21800 Stainless Steel vs. S20432 Stainless Steel

Both S21800 stainless steel and S20432 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S20432 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 88
81
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
76
Shear Strength, MPa 510
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 340
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 390
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 59.1 to 65.4
66.7 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 9.0
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.080 to 0.18
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 3.5 to 4.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030