EN 1.5662 Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |