S17700 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A266 Carbon Steel
Both S17700 stainless steel and ASTM A266 carbon steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A266 carbon steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 430 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 23 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 560 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 740 to 940 | |
| 320 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1650 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1210 | |
| 230 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 to 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.1 to 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 to 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 210 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3750 | |
| 140 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 59 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 54 | |
| 16 to 19 |