EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4568 stainless steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 32 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 1.4568 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 21 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 930 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1620 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 1490 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 140 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 5710 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 58 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 40 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.9 to 76.8 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.8 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |