EN 1.3963 Alloy vs. EN 1.0303 Steel
Both EN 1.3963 alloy and EN 1.0303 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.3963 alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.0303 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 | |
| 290 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 200 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.6 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 30 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 110 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 110 | |
| 9.2 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.5 to 64.9 | |
| 99.335 to 99.71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |