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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7701 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.7701 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 1.7701 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
200 to 480
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
670 to 2010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
420
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
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
24 to 71
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
22 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
20 to 59

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.48 to 0.56
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
0.9 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
96.2 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.7 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2