SAE-AISI F1 Steel vs. N08801 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI F1 steel and N08801 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI F1 steel and the bottom bar is N08801 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 2320 | |
| 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 5.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 79 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.3 | |
| 21 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 82 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 49 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 70 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 98 | |
| 39.5 to 50.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 34 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |