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ASTM Grade HE Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM grade HE steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 ASTM grade HE steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
270 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 10
8.6 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
300 to 680
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670
940 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
580 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
550
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 29
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 56
70 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
850 to 4390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
34 to 54
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
28 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
31 to 50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 30
16 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 53.9 to 65.8
71.3 to 77.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 11
6.0 to 7.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.4 to 1.2