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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0597 Cast Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.0597 cast steel are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 EN 1.0597 cast steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
1.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
99.935 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0
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 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0