AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 304L stainless steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 AISI 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 to 46 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 430 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 680 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1160 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 870 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.1 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 240 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 92 to 1900 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 41 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 31 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 25 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 74 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |