S35500 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both S35500 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 690 to 730 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 810 to 910 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1330 to 1490 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1200 to 1280 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3610 to 4100 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 47 to 53 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 37 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 49 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 16 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 77.7 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |