ASTM A283 Carbon Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A283 carbon steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 ASTM A283 carbon steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 140 | |
| 270 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 26 to 34 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 480 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 260 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 to 53 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 91 to 180 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 31 to 50 |