Monel 400 vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while EN 1.4020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Monel 400 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 160 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 40 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 62 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 490 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 780 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 590 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1300 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 50 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 1080 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28 to 34 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 63 to 72 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.024 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |