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EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8961 Steel

Both EN 1.3975 stainless steel and EN 1.8961 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8961 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 340
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
70
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0.35 to 0.85
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 58.2 to 65.4
96.1 to 99.3
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0.15 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 9.0
0 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.065
Nitrogen (N), % 0.080 to 0.18
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 3.5 to 4.5
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.12
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14