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EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. S82121 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and S82121 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 S82121 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 34
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 1130
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 950
510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
1020
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
14
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
28
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 220
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 2290
660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 32
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.035
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 19
21 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.8
66.7 to 75.4
Manganese (Mn), % 11 to 14
1.0 to 2.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 2.5
2.0 to 4.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.45
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010