AISI 317 Stainless Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 317 stainless steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 317 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 220 | |
| 290 to 480 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 to 55 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 330 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 590 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 260 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 68 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 15 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |