S17700 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CD3MN Steel
Both S17700 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CD3MN steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S17700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CD3MN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 23 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 560 | |
| 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1650 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 1210 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 35 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 15 to 210 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3750 | |
| 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 59 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 54 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 21 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.5 to 76.8 | |
| 62.6 to 71.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.8 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |