ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 300 to 420 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 11 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 960 to 1350 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1180 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 120 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1500 to 3590 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 48 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 35 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 32 to 45 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.7 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.3 to 78.4 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.6 to 4.6 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |