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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8872 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.8872 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% 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 1.8872 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
410
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
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
120
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

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
95.1 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050