S17600 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5503 Steel
Both S17600 stainless steel and EN 1.5503 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 1.5503 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 410 | |
| 120 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 680 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 50 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 880 | |
| 270 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 to 1490 | |
| 400 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 270 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| 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 | |
| 41 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4390 | |
| 200 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 54 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 37 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 50 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.16 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 77.6 | |
| 98.4 to 99.239 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |