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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. AWS E90C-B3

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and AWS E90C-B3 are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 AWS E90C-B3.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
19
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
4.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.050 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
2.0 to 2.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
93.4 to 96.4
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.4 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0.9 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.25 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.030
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.5