EN 1.3963 Alloy vs. AISI 304N Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3963 alloy and AISI 304N stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 1.3963 alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 304N stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 9.1 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 420 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 | |
| 620 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 270 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.6 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 98 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 180 to 1830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 110 | |
| 14 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.5 to 64.9 | |
| 66.4 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |