SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 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 5160 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 340 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 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 | 50 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 2700 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 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 |