ASTM A285 Carbon Steel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A285 carbon steel and N08800 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 30 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 ASTM A285 carbon steel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 to 34 | |
| 4.5 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 180 | |
| 150 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 290 | |
| 340 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 230 | |
| 190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 to 1430 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 42 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 94 to 150 | |
| 96 to 1740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 13 to 25 |