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AISI 305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 305 stainless steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 AISI 305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 220
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
13 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 280
340 to 540
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 470
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 710
770 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 350
430 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 210
140 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 320
460 to 2290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 25
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 23
25 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
16.5 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 65.1 to 72.5
62.8 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
11 to 14
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13
0.5 to 2.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030