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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4107 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4107 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
260 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
620 to 700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
400 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
110 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
420 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
22 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
11.5 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
83.8 to 87.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0.8 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.080