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S17400 Stainless Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron

Both S17400 stainless steel and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ductile cast iron.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 440
160 to 310
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
170 to 180
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
2.1 to 20
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28 to 0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
64 to 70
Shear Strength, MPa 570 to 830
420 to 800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1390
460 to 920
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1250
310 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1160
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1120
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
31 to 36
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.8 to 9.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.1 to 7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
43

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
17 to 80
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 4060
280 to 1330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12 to 14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 49
17 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
18 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
8.9 to 10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 46
17 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
3.0 to 3.5
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.4 to 78.9
93.7 to 95.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.080
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.5 to 2.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0

Comparable Variants