Solder Alloy 401 vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 401 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4938 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 23 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 solder alloy 401 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 870 to 1030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 66 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 31 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |