S17400 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both S17400 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S17400 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3961 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |