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S24000 Stainless Steel vs. S20161 Stainless Steel

Both S24000 stainless steel and S20161 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S24000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S20161 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 39
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 57
45
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 530
690
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
330
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
12
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 260
360
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470
390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
15 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 61.5 to 69
65.6 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
4.0 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.080 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
3.0 to 4.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040