S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel
Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.4662 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 1.4662 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
28 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
430 to 450 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
79 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
520 to 540 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
810 to 830 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
580 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
440 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
1090 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
16 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
3.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
45 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
170 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
33 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
840 to 940 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
29 to 30 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
3.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
22 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
23 to 25 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.8 |
Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
62.6 to 70.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
2.5 to 4.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 2.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
3.0 to 4.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.0050 |