--- title: "SAE 1020 — Quenched and tempered steels" description: "SAE 1020: 3 equivalent designations across 3 standards, with the recorded chemical composition shown next to the source text." canonical: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/sae1020 language: en robots: index, follow og_type: website type: material-detail language_alternates: en: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/sae1020.md cs: https://steelequivalents.com/cs/materiály/din-en/sae1020.md de: https://steelequivalents.com/de/werkstoffe/din-en/sae1020.md es: https://steelequivalents.com/es/materiales/din-en/sae1020.md fr: https://steelequivalents.com/fr/matériaux/din-en/sae1020.md hu: https://steelequivalents.com/hu/anyagok/din-en/sae1020.md it: https://steelequivalents.com/it/materiali/din-en/sae1020.md nl: https://steelequivalents.com/nl/materialen/din-en/sae1020.md pl: https://steelequivalents.com/pl/materiały/din-en/sae1020.md pt: https://steelequivalents.com/pt/materiais/din-en/sae1020.md ru: https://steelequivalents.com/ru/материалы/din-en/sae1020.md tr: https://steelequivalents.com/tr/malzemeler/din-en/sae1020.md zh: https://steelequivalents.com/zh/材料/din-en/sae1020.md ja: https://steelequivalents.com/ja/材料/din-en/sae1020.md ar: https://steelequivalents.com/ar/المواد/din-en/sae1020.md ko: https://steelequivalents.com/ko/재료/din-en/sae1020.md pt-br: https://steelequivalents.com/pt-br/materiais/din-en/sae1020.md hi: https://steelequivalents.com/hi/सामग्री/din-en/sae1020.md content_hash: sha256:9b573c67776eb31c435069302afa2360470b2e15683af5edd1f9671ee65c7d45 generated: 2026-09-24 --- > **Machine-readable Markdown rendering.** This is a Markdown representation of a web page, > served for AI agents and crawlers as a token-efficient alternative to the full HTML. > Full interactive HTML version: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/sae1020 > Canonical URL: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/sae1020 > Available languages: en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, tr, zh, ja, ar, ko, pt-br, hi > Change detection: `content_hash` is the SHA-256 of this document's Markdown body — everything > below this block, whitespace-trimmed, excluding the front-matter. Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. DIN / EN · Europe · 3 designations # SAE 1020 SAE 1020 is a material in the category [Quenched and tempered steels](/categories/quenched-and-tempered-steels "Quenched and tempered steels"), held under material number 1.9402. Its recorded composition includes C 0.18–0.23%, P 0.03%, S 0.05% and Mn 0.3–0.6%. We list 2 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards UNS and AISI / SAE. Its recorded density is 7.85 g/cm³. - [*Material no.* **1.9402**](/materials/material-no/1.9402 "Material no.: 1.9402") - [*Category* **Quenched and tempered steels · 133 grades**](/categories/quenched-and-tempered-steels "Category: Quenched and tempered steels · 133 grades") - *Designations* **3** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=7cbfe86d-7064-4336-8be6-ee390a08a6f4&designation=bd2a213f-d23c-4164-b15e-391c2cebeb8a "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/din-en/sae1020.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [UNS G10200 This grade’s own name · 8 grades on that route](/materials/uns/g10200 "UNS G10200") - [AISI / SAE 1020 This grade’s own name · 11 grades on that route](/materials/aisi-sae/1020 "AISI / SAE 1020") ## About Quenched and tempered steels Quenched and tempered steels are heat-treated steels designed to combine high strength with useful toughness and ductility. They are used for heavily loaded components such as shafts, gears, fasteners and structural machine parts where resistance to mechanical stress is required. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 3 designations · 3 standards · nothing hidden This grade’s own name recorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard. Indicative taken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering. Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. DIN / EN Europe · 1 - **SAE 1020 This grade’s own name** UNS United States · 1 - [G10200 This grade’s own name](/materials/uns/g10200 "UNS G10200") AISI / SAE United States · 1 - [1020 This grade’s own name](/materials/aisi-sae/1020 "AISI / SAE 1020") Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 4 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Mn C S Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 99.3 % Mn — 0.4 % C — 0.2 % S — 0.1 % Traces & impurities · 0 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.18–0.23 | | Mn | 0.3–0.6 | | P | 0.03 | | S | 0.05 | Carbon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur 0.01 % 0.1 % 1 % 10 % 100 % The scale is logarithmic, not the element’s raw share of the alloy — the only honest way to fit 0.01 % and 100 % in one picture, and it means every value here can be compared with every other. | Element | As published source text, verbatim | Min% by weight | Max% by weight | Bound | |---|---|---|---|---| | C | 0,18-0,23 | 0.180 | 0.230 | Range | | P | 0,03 | 0.030 | 0.030 | Exact | | S | 0,05 | 0.050 | 0.050 | Exact | | Mn | 0,30-0,60 | 0.300 | 0.600 | Range | The published column is the source string byte-for-byte, decimal comma and all; Min and Max are the parsed bounds. Elements not listed have no value on file — they are omitted, never inferred. ## Predicted transformation temperatures Not enough recorded composition to predict a transformation temperature for this grade — missing: Si, Ni, Cr, Mo. ## Physical & mechanical properties Density 7,85 g/cm³ Exact An absent property means we hold no value for it — it is left out rather than estimated, interpolated from a neighbouring grade, or filled from a handbook. It does not mean the property is undefined for the material. ## Looking for this grade under another name? Search the catalogue by designation, material number or composition — every name on this page is itself a way in. [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=7cbfe86d-7064-4336-8be6-ee390a08a6f4&designation=bd2a213f-d23c-4164-b15e-391c2cebeb8a "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/din-en/sae1020.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")