EN 1.7380 Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7380 steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7380 steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 170 | |
| 270 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 20 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 230 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 350 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 550 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.8 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 98 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 280 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.6 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |