S17400 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 685
S17400 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 440 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 670 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 62 | |
| 20 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |