S17400 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A414 Steel
Both S17400 stainless steel and ASTM A414 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A414 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 440 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 670 | |
| 140 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 360 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 49 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 to 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.3 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 69 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 100 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 11 to 17 |