EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4021 stainless steel and N08800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 4.5 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
| 150 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 340 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 490 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 42 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 96 to 1740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 39.5 to 50.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |