EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7336 Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.7336 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.7336 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 240 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 340 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 3.2 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 310 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| 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 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 95.6 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |