N08332 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Both N08332 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08332 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
8.0 to 15 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
220 to 670 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Rockwell B Hardness | 77 | |
84 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
420 to 1010 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 | |
690 to 1720 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
390 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
620 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
1510 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1450 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
27 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
3.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
7.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.4 | |
2.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
28 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
14 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
88 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
380 to 4410 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
25 to 62 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
22 to 41 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
7.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
0.15 to 0.4 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
12 to 14 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 38.3 to 48.2 | |
82.3 to 87.9 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 37 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 |