EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CG6MMN Steel
Both EN 1.3975 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.2 to 65.4 | |
| 51.9 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |