EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. 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 S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |