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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.4962 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 1.4962 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
190 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
22 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
210 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
420 to 440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
630 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
260 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
23
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
140 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
170 to 610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
21 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
20 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.0015 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.070 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
62.1 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
12.5 to 14.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.4 to 0.7
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.0

Comparable Variants