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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4487 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4487 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4487 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
560
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
64.7 to 72.9
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
9.0 to 12
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.12 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0