EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.4313 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 340 to 510 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 460 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 750 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 580 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 870 to 2100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 27 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 78.5 to 84.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |