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S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel

Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.4020 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 S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 410 to 500
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 6.8
13 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 710 to 800
340 to 540
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 940 to 1070
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1610 to 1850
770 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1430 to 1700
430 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 640
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
11
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 82 to 110
140 to 220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 57 to 65
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 43
25 to 32
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 56 to 64
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
16.5 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 72.4 to 78.9
62.8 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
11 to 14
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
0.5 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.0 to 1.4
0