EN 1.4404 Stainless Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4404 stainless steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4404 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, % | 14 to 43 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 570 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 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 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |