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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI A9 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and SAE-AISI A9 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 SAE-AISI A9 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
770 to 2030

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
70
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
82

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
10
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
28 to 73
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
24 to 46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
25 to 66

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.45 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
4.8 to 5.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
87 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
1.3 to 1.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.8 to 1.4