EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 52100 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 19 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |