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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1122 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.1122 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 (9, 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 1.1122 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
12 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
170 to 260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
340 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
240 to 370

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
7.9
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
36 to 89
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
160 to 360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
12 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
14 to 17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
11 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.080 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
98.7 to 99.62
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.3 to 0.6
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 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0