MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

ACI-ASTM CA40 Steel vs. S17400 Stainless Steel

Both ACI-ASTM CA40 steel and S17400 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CA40 steel and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 310
280 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 10
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
380 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910
910 to 1390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 860
580 to 1250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1500
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.0
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.5
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 14
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 89
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1910
880 to 4060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33
32 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27
27 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33
30 to 46

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 14
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 81.5 to 88.3
70.4 to 78.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
3.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030