S17600 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both S17600 stainless steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 to 410 | |
190 to 240 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
16 to 25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 680 | |
200 to 340 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 50 | |
47 to 50 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 880 | |
340 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 to 1490 | |
530 to 780 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 550 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
740 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
28 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
9.9 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
6.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
1.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
27 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
99 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
12 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
110 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4390 | |
210 to 840 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 54 | |
19 to 28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 37 | |
19 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
7.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 50 | |
20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
11.5 to 13 |
Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 77.6 | |
84.7 to 88.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
0 |