EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. AISI 440C Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and AISI 440C stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 EN 1.3961 alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 440C stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 2.0 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 430 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 710 to 1970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 450 to 1900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 10 |
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 | |
| 39 to 88 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 26 to 71 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 23 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 26 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 1.0 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 78 to 83.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| 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 0.015 |