AISI 317 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both AISI 317 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 317 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3961 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 35 to 55 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 470 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 260 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 15 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 68 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 15 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |