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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
79
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030