EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4945 stainless steel are iron alloys. 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 (6, 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 1.4945 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 230 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 640 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 290 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 520 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 210 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 57.9 to 65.7 |
| 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 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |