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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0033 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.0033 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 EN 1.0033 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
17 to 32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
120 to 140
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
300 to 330
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
150 to 200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
48 to 83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
63 to 100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
10 to 12
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
13 to 14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
9.4 to 10

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.11
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
98.8 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0