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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8062 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.8062 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.8062 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
200 to 510
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
660 to 1910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
22 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.42 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
0.5 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
95.9 to 97.1
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 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
1.3 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025