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Grade VDSiCr Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDSiCr steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDSiCr steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1950
650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.2
22
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 70
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 45
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.6
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 0.8
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.6 to 97.8
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3