Cold Drawn SAE-AISI 1541 vs. Cold Finished N08020 Stainless Steel
Both cold drawn SAE-AISI 1541 and cold finished N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 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 cold drawn SAE-AISI 1541 and the bottom bar is cold finished N08020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 680 | |
| 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 1.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 1.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 38 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 6.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 92 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 85 | |
| 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1250 | |
| 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 29.9 to 44 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |