S46910 Stainless Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
180 to 430 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
1.0 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
290 to 560 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 63 | |
41 to 46 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
740 to 940 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
1180 to 1650 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
890 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
17 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
15 to 210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
460 to 3750 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
42 to 59 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
32 to 40 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
0.75 to 1.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
16 to 18 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
70.5 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
6.5 to 7.8 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
0 |