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EN 1.6958 Steel vs. S31655 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6958 steel and S31655 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6958 steel and the bottom bar is S31655 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 340
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 700
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 700
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1140
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1070
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 450
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.1
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
17
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 60
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.9
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3050
310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.0050 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.2 to 1.7
19.5 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 92.6 to 94.5
63.2 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.35 to 0.55
0.5 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 3.3 to 3.8
8.0 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.14 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.12
0