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Grade FDSiCrV Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel

Both grade FDSiCrV steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 grade FDSiCrV steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 630
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2100
770 to 1130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
11
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 75
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 47
25 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 1.0
16.5 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.12
0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.8
62.8 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
11 to 14
Nickel (Ni), % 0
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), % 1.2 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.25
0