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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4841 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.4841 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 EN 1.4841 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
330
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
25
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
24 to 26
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
47.1 to 55.5
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
19 to 22
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
1.5 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015