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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7361 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.7361 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.7361 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
480
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
1010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
470
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
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
3.6
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
1590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.28 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
2.8 to 3.3
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
94.1 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.6
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 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0