N08020 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 2 Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 2 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 300 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 470 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 180 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.050 to 0.21 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 97.1 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.55 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |