N08020 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |