AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both AISI 304 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 AISI 304 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, % | 8.0 to 43 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 1180 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 860 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 250 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1870 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 32 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.5 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), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |