S17400 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel
Both S17400 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 440 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 670 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 7.6 to 86 | |
| 91 to 94 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 430 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 110 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 120 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |