S21904 Stainless Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both S21904 stainless steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 300 | |
| 270 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
| 550 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |