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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4435 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4435 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 EN 1.4435 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
21
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
28
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
59.8 to 68
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
12.5 to 15
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 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0