EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. EN 1.4826 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and EN 1.4826 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 EN 1.4826 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 9.1 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 39 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 60.4 to 68.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |