EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 1.0 to 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 740 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 1180 to 1650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 15 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 460 to 3750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 42 to 59 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 65 | |
| 70.5 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| 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 0.030 |