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EN 1.8201 Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8201 steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.8201 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
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 450
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
22
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 59
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.030
0
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 1.9 to 2.6
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.2
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.1 to 0.6
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.050 to 0.3
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.020 to 0.080
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.0050 to 0.060
0
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.1 to 0.3