EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3961 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 250 |
| 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 27 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.2 to 74 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| 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 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |