S17600 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1144 Steel
Both S17600 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1144 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S17600 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1144 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 to 410 | |
220 to 230 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 8.6 to 11 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 680 | |
280 to 430 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 50 | |
34 to 40 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 880 | |
460 to 510 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 940 to 1490 | |
750 to 840 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
420 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
7.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
91 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4390 | |
480 to 1290 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 54 | |
27 to 30 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 37 | |
23 to 25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 50 | |
22 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0.4 to 0.48 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 71.3 to 77.6 | |
97.5 to 98 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
1.4 to 1.7 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 7.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.24 to 0.33 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
0 |