N08020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5510 Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and EN 1.5510 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5510 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 220 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 310 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 450 to 1600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 310 to 520 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 46 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 16 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 17 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.25 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 97.9 to 99.149 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| 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 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |