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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
9.0 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
170 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
530 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
77 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
93 to 1880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
18 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
10 to 14
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0