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S17400 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8516 Steel

Both S17400 stainless steel and EN 1.8516 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8516 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 440
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 670
570
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 7.6 to 86
28
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
74
Shear Strength, MPa 570 to 830
660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1390
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1250
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
470
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
5.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 4060
2190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 49
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 46
32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.2 to 0.27
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
3.0 to 3.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.4 to 78.9
94.6 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 0.7
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035