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EN 1.4443 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1020 Steel

Both EN 1.4443 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1020 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4443 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1020 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
120 to 130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
17 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
180 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
430 to 460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
240 to 380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
72 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
150 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
15 to 16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
16 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
13 to 14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 60.4 to 69.5
99.08 to 99.52
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050