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EN 1.8550 Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8550 steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 1.8550 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, % 11
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 67
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.3
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1550
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 94.4 to 96.3
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.85 to 1.2
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 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3