SAE-AISI 1132 Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1132 steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 SAE-AISI 1132 steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
180 to 430 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
1.0 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
290 to 560 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 440 | |
740 to 940 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 720 | |
1180 to 1650 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 590 | |
430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
890 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 97 | |
15 to 210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 940 | |
460 to 3750 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
42 to 59 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
32 to 40 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.75 to 1.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.24 to 0.34 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
16 to 18 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
70.5 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
6.5 to 7.8 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.030 |