N08020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 EN 1.4303 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 13 to 49 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 230 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 490 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 110 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 140 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |