EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both EN 1.4640 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4640 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, % | 51 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 460 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 650 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 260 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 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 | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 to 260 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 170 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.4 to 73.6 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 6.9 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |