ASTM A204 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A204 steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A204 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 22 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 220 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 360 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 590 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 to 1430 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 95 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 16 to 23 |