S46910 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |