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S17600 Stainless Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both S17600 stainless steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S17600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 410
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 8.6 to 11
3.4 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 680
570 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 28 to 50
34 to 45
Rockwell C Hardness 28 to 44
32 to 54
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 880
790 to 1090
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 940 to 1490
1370 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
1240 to 1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 550
620
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 70 to 150
45 to 190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 34 to 54
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 37
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31 to 50
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 71.3 to 77.6
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 7.5
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0.4 to 1.2
0.8 to 1.4

Comparable Variants