EN 1.3960 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7380 Steel
Both EN 1.3960 stainless steel and EN 1.7380 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.7380 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 90 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 540 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 290 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 30 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 87 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 230 to 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.2 to 67.9 | |
| 94.6 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |