EN 1.3960 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0411 Steel
Both EN 1.3960 stainless steel and EN 1.0411 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% 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 EN 1.3960 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0411 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 12 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 420 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 270 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 43 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 190 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 13 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.18 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.2 to 67.9 | |
| 98.7 to 99.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |