EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. EN 1.6554 Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% 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 EN 1.6554 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 780 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 550 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 810 to 1650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 94.6 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |