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S17400 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4130 Steel

Both S17400 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4130 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 SAE-AISI 4130 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 440
200 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
13 to 26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 670
320 to 660
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 570 to 830
340 to 640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1390
530 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1250
440 to 980

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
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.3

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
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
83 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 880 to 4060
500 to 2550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 49
19 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 35
19 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 46
16 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.28 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.4 to 78.9
97.3 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040