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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8201 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.8201 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% 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 1.8201 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
1.9 to 2.6
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
93.6 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.1 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.050 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.020 to 0.080
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.0050 to 0.060
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.2 to 0.3