EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. S17400 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4303 stainless steel and S17400 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 280 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 49 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 380 to 670 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 98 | |
| 7.6 to 86 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 570 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
| 910 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 560 | |
| 580 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 850 |
| 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 | |
| 17 |
| 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 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 230 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 880 to 4060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 32 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 27 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 30 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 70.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |