EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel vs. Type 3 Magnetic Alloy
EN 1.4418 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 3 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 3 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 20 | |
| 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 480 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 620 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 to 1000 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 540 to 790 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 55 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1590 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 36 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.2 to 80.2 | |
| 9.9 to 19 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 75 to 78 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |