EN 1.6553 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6553 steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6553 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 240 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 21 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 460 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 670 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.7 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1190 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.6 to 98.2 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |