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SAE-AISI 1086 Steel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1086 steel and N08800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1086 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
4.5 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
150 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 520
340 to 580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 870
500 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 580
190 to 830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 79 to 84
42 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 890
96 to 1740
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
18 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
18 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 30
13 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.8 to 0.93
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 98.5 to 98.9
39.5 to 50.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 35
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 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6

Comparable Variants