S17400 Stainless Steel vs. Chromium 33
S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is chromium 33.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 84 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 450 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 25.7 to 37.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 30 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |