N08020 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1552 Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1552 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 SAE-AISI 1552 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
11 to 14 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
290 to 400 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
460 to 510 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
760 to 840 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
460 to 650 |
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 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
11 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
1.8 |
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 | |
81 to 98 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
560 to 1130 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
27 to 30 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
24 to 25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
26 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0.47 to 0.55 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
97.9 to 98.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
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 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.050 |