S15500 Stainless Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |