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AISI 304N Stainless Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304N stainless steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very 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 (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304N stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 360
180 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.1 to 45
1.0 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 440
290 to 560
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 700
740 to 940
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1180
1180 to 1650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 850
430 to 1210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
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 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
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
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 280
15 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180 to 1830
460 to 3750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 42
42 to 59
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
32 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 26
39 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 73.9
70.5 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
6.5 to 7.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
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

Comparable Variants