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S17400 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7230 Steel

Both S17400 stainless steel and EN 1.7230 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 440
220 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 670
320 to 460
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 7.6 to 86
29 to 30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1390
720 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1250
510 to 740

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
79 to 97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 4060
700 to 1460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 49
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 46
21 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.4 to 78.9
96.7 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants