ASTM A283 Carbon Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A283 carbon 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 A283 carbon steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 140 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 26 to 34 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 190 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 480 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 260 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 91 to 180 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 16 to 23 |