EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and EN 1.4024 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3961 alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.4024 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 98 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 280 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.12 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 83.8 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |