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EN 1.4466 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4466 stainless steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4466 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 42
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
22
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.0
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 70
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 45.6 to 52.9
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.16
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3