S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 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, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |