EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |