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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
810
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
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
65 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
8.0 to 10
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 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0