N08020 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 40% 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 EN 1.7233 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 270 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 450 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 380 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 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 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 3.3 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 380 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 25 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.39 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 96.2 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| 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 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |