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EN 1.4515 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4515 stainless steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4515 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, % 25
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
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 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 730
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.8 to 1.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 58.4 to 66.6
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3