R30556 Alloy vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both R30556 alloy and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30556 alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 11 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 40 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 21 to 23 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 16 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 20.4 to 38.2 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0.0050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.0010 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |