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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6311 Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.6311 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6311 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.1
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.15 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
95.9 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
1.0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
0.4 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.020