EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 202 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and AISI 202 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 202 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 290 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 490 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 700 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 310 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 250 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 63.5 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 7.5 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |