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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 317 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and AISI 317 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 317 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
170 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
35 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
250 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
580 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
250 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
21
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
31
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
210 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
150 to 430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
20 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
20 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
12 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
58 to 68
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
11 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030