EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3963 Alloy
Both EN 1.4122 stainless steel and EN 1.3963 alloy are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 1.4122 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3963 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 520 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 850 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 630 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 520 to 1000 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 26 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 30 | |
| 110 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.33 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.2 to 83.4 | |
| 60.5 to 64.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |