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S17700 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel

Both S17700 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 S17700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 430
170 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.0 to 23
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 560
170 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 740 to 940
340 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1650
550 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 1210
240 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 15 to 210
92 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 3750
150 to 490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 59
20 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 40
19 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39 to 54
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.5
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 70.5 to 76.8
86.8 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.25 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010

Comparable Variants