N08020 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade LC9 Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and ASTM grade LC9 steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade LC9 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 65 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 87.4 to 91.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |