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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.4945 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
19 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
230 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
430 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
640 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
290 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
520
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1490
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
3.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
30
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
5.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
73
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
130 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
210 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
22 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
57.9 to 65.7
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
15.5 to 17.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.4 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0.060 to 0.14
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.5