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S15700 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel

Both S15700 stainless steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 460
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 29
13 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370 to 770
340 to 540
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 770 to 1070
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1890
770 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 1770
430 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 17 to 270
140 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640 to 4660
460 to 2290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 67
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 43
25 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39 to 63
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
16.5 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.8
62.8 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
11 to 14
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.7
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 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030