EN 1.5410 Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5410 steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 25 | |
| 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 480 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 610 | |
| 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.9 to 98.6 | |
| 51.9 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |