EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 460 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 580 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |