EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 150 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| 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 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |