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EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1080
870
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
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
32 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
14 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 51.9 to 62.1
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
6.5 to 7.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0