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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 91 Class 2

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2 are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.080 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
8.0 to 9.5
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
87.3 to 90.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.85 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.060 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.030 to 0.070
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.18 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.010