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SAE-AISI 94B17 Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 94B17 steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 94B17 steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 25
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
82
Shear Strength, MPa 280
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 440
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 96
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200
480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00050 to 0.0030
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0.3 to 0.5
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 97.1 to 98.3
64.9 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.75 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.080 to 0.15
3.5 to 4.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020