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It is relatively strong. The measured ultimate tensile strength of stainless steel is 860 MPa. Tensile strength measures how much force is required to break it when stressed by being stretched or pulled.

For relative comparisons the following ultimate tensile strengths are given:

Stainless Steel ~ 860

Structural Steel ~ 400

Aluminum ~ 483

Silk ~ 1000

Pine wood ~ 40

Human bone ~ 130

Diamond ~ 2800

Concrete ~ 3

Hair ~ 380

Copper ~ 220

Titanium ~ 1040

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