EN 1.0920 Steel vs. EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0920 steel and EN 1.4424 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0920 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 350 to 370 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 40 | |
| 90 to 91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 | |
| 480 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 | |
| 580 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.1 to 99.08 | |
| 68.6 to 72.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.7 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.5 to 5.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.4 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |