S17600 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1137 Steel
Both S17600 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1137 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 SAE-AISI 1137 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 410 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 680 | |
| 250 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 50 | |
| 34 to 39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 880 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 to 1490 | |
| 700 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 370 to 650 |
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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 81 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4390 | |
| 360 to 1130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 54 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 37 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 50 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 77.6 | |
| 97.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |