AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 302 stainless steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 302 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 440 | |
| 180 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 46 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 520 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 830 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1430 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 1100 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 to 260 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 3070 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 51 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 36 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 31 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |