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EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8516 Steel

Both EN 1.3967 stainless steel and EN 1.8516 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8516 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
570
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 74
28
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1070
470
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 36
5.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310
2190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.27
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 21.5
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 50.3 to 57.8
94.6 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 17
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.25
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.35
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035