N08020 Stainless Steel vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |