N08020 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A148 Cast Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and ASTM A148 cast steel are iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A148 cast steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
5.7 to 25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
280 to 670 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
630 to 1300 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
390 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
400 to 430 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
37 to 47 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
7.3 to 7.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
8.3 to 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
2.3 to 3.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
1.5 to 1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
20 to 22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
48 to 53 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
71 to 150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
400 to 3570 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
22 to 46 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
21 to 34 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
9.9 to 13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
18 to 38 |