EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel vs. S41425 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3956 stainless steel and S41425 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S41425 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 | |
| 920 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 | |
| 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 1420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 74 to 81.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 4.0 to 7.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.060 to 0.12 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |