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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6582 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.6582 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 1.6582 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
190 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
620 to 1750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
3.6
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
2.2
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
22 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
21 to 41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
18 to 51

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.3 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
1.3 to 1.7
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
94.7 to 96.5
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
1.3 to 1.7
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035