N08020 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade HP Steel
Both N08020 stainless steel and ASTM grade HP steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 N08020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HP steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 34 | |
| 5.1 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 240 | |
| 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 620 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 420 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 490 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 38 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.6 | |
| 5.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 92 | |
| 82 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 170 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 440 | |
| 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.35 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 24 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29.9 to 44 | |
| 29.2 to 42.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 32 to 38 | |
| 33 to 37 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |