SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI D2 steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 1160 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 4.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 5.1 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |