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S21603 Stainless Steel vs. S17400 Stainless Steel

Both S21603 stainless steel and S17400 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21603 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17400 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
280 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
380 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 57
40 to 62
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 490
570 to 830
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
910 to 1390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390
580 to 1250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
880 to 4060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
32 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
27 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
30 to 46

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 22
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 67.8
70.4 to 78.9
Manganese (Mn), % 7.5 to 9.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
3.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030