S17400 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3553 Steel
Both S17400 stainless steel and EN 1.3553 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 440 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 96 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 31 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 6.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.78 to 0.86 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 80.7 to 83.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.7 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 6.7 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |