EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and EN 1.4028 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 1.4028 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 660 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 390 to 730 |
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 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.26 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 83.1 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| 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 |