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SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1552 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 1552 steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 250
180 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
1.0 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 400
290 to 560
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 510
740 to 940
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 840
1180 to 1650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460 to 650
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 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 11
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 12
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
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 47
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 81 to 98
15 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 560 to 1130
460 to 3750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 30
42 to 59
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
32 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 29
39 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.47 to 0.55
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 98.3
70.5 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 1.5
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 to 0.050
0 to 0.030