S17400 Stainless Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel
Both S17400 stainless steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 S17400 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, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 15 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 670 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 570 to 830 | |
| 380 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1390 | |
| 610 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1250 | |
| 270 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 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 | 2.3 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 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) | 16 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 83 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 880 to 4060 | |
| 180 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 49 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 46 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 78.9 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 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 |