EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. R30556 Alloy
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and R30556 alloy are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 R30556 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 40 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 20.4 to 38.2 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 19 to 22.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.1 |