Type 1 Magnetic Alloy vs. EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel
Both Type 1 magnetic alloy and EN 1.4618 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 Type 1 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.4618 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 38 | |
| 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 830 | |
| 680 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 790 | |
| 250 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 150 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1690 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 28 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.7 to 56.5 | |
| 62.7 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 5.5 to 9.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |