EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 1.6553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 470 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 2.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 600 to 1190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 95.6 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |