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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0225 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.0225 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 EN 1.0225 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
6.7 to 24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
170 to 220
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
440 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
230 to 380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
400
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
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
31 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
140 to 390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
16 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
16 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.21
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
98 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
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 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0