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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4646 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
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
3.5 to 4.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
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