EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% 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 EN 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 270 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 550 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 74.9 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |