ASTM Grade HL Steel vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM grade HL steel and S17400 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HL steel and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
| 280 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 | |
| 380 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 910 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 580 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 27 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 65 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 880 to 4060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 32 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 30 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 32 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 40.8 to 53.8 | |
| 70.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| 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 |