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EN 1.6956 Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6956 steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.6956 steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 370
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.6
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 680
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Shear Strength, MPa 730
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1230
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
20
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 60
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.8
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3320
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 43
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 36
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.38
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.7
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 92.4 to 95.3
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 2.9 to 3.8
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.013
Vanadium (V), % 0.080 to 0.25
0