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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H14 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H14 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 SAE-AISI H14 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
710 to 2030

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1490
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
73

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
13
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
24 to 68

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
4.8 to 5.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
86.5 to 89.9
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.2 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.3
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
0.8 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
4.0 to 5.3
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0