EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4961 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4961 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 87% 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 1.4961 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
39 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
76 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
610 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
220 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
510 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
890 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
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 | |
4.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
57 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
16 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
120 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
20 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0.040 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
15 to 17 |
Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
65.6 to 72.3 |
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 | |
12 to 14 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0.4 to 1.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
0 |
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 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |