EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and S45503 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 640 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.8 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11 to 14 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |