EN 1.7362 Steel vs. AISI 317 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7362 steel and AISI 317 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 317 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 170 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 35 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 250 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 420 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 580 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 250 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.9 | |
| 31 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 210 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 58 to 68 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 11 to 15 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |