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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 348H Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and AISI 348H stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 348H stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
56
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
17 to 19
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
63.8 to 73.6
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
9.0 to 13
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.32 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.1
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0