S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
| 770 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 49.2 to 59 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |