Type 1 Magnetic Alloy vs. EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel
Both Type 1 magnetic alloy and EN 1.4729 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, 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 1.4729 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 38 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.7 to 56.5 | |
| 80.4 to 86.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |