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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. Grade FDSiCrV Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and grade FDSiCrV 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 (13, 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 grade FDSiCrV steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
2100

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
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
50

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
75
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
47
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
63

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.5 to 0.7
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
0.5 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.12
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
96 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.4 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.25