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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4568 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 1.4568 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
2.3 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
830 to 1620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
330 to 1490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
36 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
290 to 5710
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
30 to 58
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25 to 40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
23 to 46

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.7 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
70.9 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
6.5 to 7.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0