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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1151 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1151 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 SAE-AISI 1151 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
260 to 410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
430 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
390 to 660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
400
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
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
86 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
400 to 1170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
22 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
22 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.48 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
98.3 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.7 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.13