N08135 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4340 Steel
Both N08135 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4340 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 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08135 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4340 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
12 to 22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
330 to 740 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
430 to 770 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
690 to 1280 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
470 to 1150 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
430 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
3.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 94 | |
22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
79 to 170 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
590 to 3490 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
24 to 45 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
22 to 33 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.38 to 0.43 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
0.7 to 0.9 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 30.2 to 42.3 | |
95.1 to 96.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.6 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 38 | |
1.7 to 2.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
0 |