Hot Rolled S20910 Stainless Steel
Hot rolled S20910 stainless steel is S20910 stainless steel in the hot worked condition. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare hot rolled S20910 stainless steel to: wrought austenitic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
200 GPa 29 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
23 %
Fatigue Strength
310 MPa 45 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Reduction in Area
56 %
Shear Modulus
79 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
500 MPa 72 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
790 MPa 110 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
460 MPa 67 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
300 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
460 °C 860 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
1080 °C 1970 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1420 °C 2590 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1380 °C 2510 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
13 W/m-K 7.7 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
16 µm/m-K
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
22 % relative
Density
7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
4.8 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
68 MJ/kg 29 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
180 L/kg 22 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
150 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
540 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
28 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
24 points
Thermal Diffusivity
3.6 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
18 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| Cr | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| Ni | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| Mn | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| Mo | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.75 | |
| N | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| Nb | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| V | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| C | 0 to 0.060 | |
| P | 0 to 0.040 | |
| S | 0 to 0.030 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM A479: Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes for Use in Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels
ASTM A182: Standard Specification for Forged or Rolled Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service
Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels, John C. Lippold and Damian J. Kotecki, 2005
ASTM A959: Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels
Corrosion of Austenitic Stainless Steels: Mechanism, Mitigation and Monitoring, H. S. Khatak and B. Raj (editors), 2002
Pressure Vessels: External Pressure Technology, 2nd ed., Carl T. F. Ross, 2011
Austenitic Stainless Steels: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, P. Marshall, 1984
ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994
Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010