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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI A10 Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and SAE-AISI A10 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 SAE-AISI A10 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
810 to 2040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
5.1
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
29 to 73
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25 to 46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
27 to 68

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
1.3 to 1.5
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
90.8 to 93.4
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
1.6 to 2.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
1.6 to 2.1
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0