SAE-AISI 1015 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1015 steel and EN 1.4020 stainless 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 SAE-AISI 1015 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 32 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 250 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 270 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 390 to 440 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 to 370 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 110 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 360 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.13 to 99.57 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |