S32304 Stainless Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both S32304 stainless steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S32304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 250 | |
| 180 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 290 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 28 | |
| 41 to 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 520 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21.5 to 24.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 75.4 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.050 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.5 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |