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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. EN-MC65120 Magnesium

EN 1.3956 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN-MC65120 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN-MC65120 magnesium.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
45
Elongation at Break, % 27
3.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
80
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
17
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
110

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
590
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
520
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
970
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
1.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
25
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
190
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
930

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
4.4
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
62
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
34
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
9.8

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.030
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
0 to 0.010
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
91.8 to 95.1
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.15
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0 to 0.0050
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.010
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 0
2.5 to 4.0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.010