N08031 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0540 Steel
Both N08031 stainless steel and EN 1.0540 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 34% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 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 N08031 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0540 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 96 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 240 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 75 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.47 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 28 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 29 to 36.9 | |
| 97.2 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 32 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |