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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
270 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
8.6 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
300 to 680
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
560 to 880
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
940 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
580 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
550
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
70 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
850 to 4390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
34 to 54
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
28 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
31 to 50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
16 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
71.3 to 77.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
6.0 to 7.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.4 to 1.2

Comparable Variants