EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and AISI 431 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3961 alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 550 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |