N08020 Stainless Steel vs. ZA-12
N08020 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 1.6 to 5.3 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 33 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 410 | |
| 240 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 260 to 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 120 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 24 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.6 | |
| 28 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 42 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 4.0 to 20 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 260 to 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 15 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 9.4 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 10.5 to 11.5 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 87.1 to 89 |