SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and EN 1.4020 stainless 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 SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 to 190 | |
190 to 340 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
13 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
340 to 540 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
510 to 680 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
770 to 1130 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 530 | |
430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
890 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
37 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 100 | |
140 to 220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 750 | |
460 to 2290 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
28 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
25 to 32 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
16.5 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
62.8 to 71.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
11 to 14 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 2.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.45 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |