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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 1.5662 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
380 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
740 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
550 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
810 to 1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
88.6 to 91.2
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
8.5 to 10
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0 to 0.050