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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4981 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.4981 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 89% 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 1.4981 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
520
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
67
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
21
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
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
59.6 to 66.7
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
1.6 to 2.0
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
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