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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 ASTM F15 Fe-Ni-Co.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.3
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
520 to 880

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
6.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
49
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
5.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
71
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
17 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
17 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
32 to 55

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0 to 0.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
50.3 to 56
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
0 to 0.1
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
28 to 30
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.1
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.1