EN 1.4404 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3963 Alloy
Both EN 1.4404 stainless steel and EN 1.3963 alloy are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 1.4404 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 to 43 | |
| 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 570 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 110 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 60.5 to 64.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 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 |