EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and AISI 302 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 EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 170 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 4.5 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 210 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 400 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 580 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 230 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 59 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 140 to 3070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 21 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 20 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |