S17600 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0303 Steel
Both S17600 stainless steel and EN 1.0303 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0303 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 410 | |
| 84 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 680 | |
| 150 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 50 | |
| 75 to 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 880 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 to 1490 | |
| 290 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 200 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 30 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4390 | |
| 110 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 54 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 37 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 50 | |
| 9.2 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 77.6 | |
| 99.335 to 99.71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |