S21904 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Both S21904 stainless steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 300 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |