EN 1.3960 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3960 stainless steel and EN 1.4107 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3960 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4107 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 260 to 350 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 90 | |
| 45 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 400 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 30 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 420 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.2 to 67.9 | |
| 83.8 to 87.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |