EN 1.7383 Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7383 steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.7383 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 to 23 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 380 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 610 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 400 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 420 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.3 to 96.6 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |