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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI M50 Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and SAE-AISI M50 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 M50 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
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
720 to 2250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
5.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
74
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
83

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
26 to 80
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
23 to 49
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
21 to 66

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.78 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
87 to 90.4
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
0.15 to 0.45
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.9 to 4.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.8 to 1.3