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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. S30600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and S30600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S30600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
350
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.018
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
17 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
58.9 to 65.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
14 to 15.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
3.7 to 4.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0