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EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
13 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 420
340 to 540
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 640
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 1020
770 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 630
430 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 770
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
11
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 200
140 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 1010
460 to 2290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 36
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 28
25 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 35
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.35
0
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.010
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 16
16.5 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 49.2 to 59
62.8 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
11 to 14
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
0.5 to 2.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.9 to 2.3
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants