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EN 1.6956 Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6956 steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.6956 steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 370
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.6
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 680
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 730
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1230
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
990
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
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
17
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 60
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.8
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3320
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 43
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 36
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.38
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.7
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 92.4 to 95.3
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.6
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.9 to 3.8
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.080 to 0.25
0