EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| 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 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |