EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.6579 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |