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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5682 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.5682 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.5682 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
88.7 to 91.1
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
8.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050