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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 317 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and AISI 317 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 317 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
170 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
35 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
250 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
79
Shear Strength, MPa 490
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
580 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
250 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
21
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
31
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
210 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
150 to 430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
20 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
20 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
12 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
58 to 68
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
11 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030