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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4542 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 1.4542 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
5.7 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
370 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
880 to 1470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
580 to 1300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
62 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
880 to 4360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
31 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
26 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
29 to 49

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
69.6 to 79
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
3.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0