EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 210 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 320 to 720 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 500 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 730 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 380 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 360 to 2940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 27 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 16 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 69.6 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |