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EN 1.5682 Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5682 steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 1.5682 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, % 21
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 570
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.5
22
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 63
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.13
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 88.7 to 91.1
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.8
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 9.5
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 0.020
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.050
0.1 to 0.3