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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. S32803 Stainless Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and S32803 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 (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32803 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 300
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
81
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
16
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
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
36
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
28 to 29
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
62.9 to 67.1
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
3.0 to 4.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0035