EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
EN 1.4378 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 22 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 190 to 2840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |