EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1019 Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1019 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 SAE-AISI 1019 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 17 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 190 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 300 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 470 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 250 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 160 to 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 98.7 to 99.15 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |