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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. S41041 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and S41041 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 S41041 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
33

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.13 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
11.5 to 13
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
84.5 to 87.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.15 to 0.45
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 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0