EN 1.3963 Alloy vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3963 alloy and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 EN 1.4418 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 530 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 | |
| 860 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 540 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.6 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 730 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 110 | |
| 31 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.5 to 64.9 | |
| 73.2 to 80.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 35 to 37 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |