N08135 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A356 Grade 2
Both N08135 stainless steel and ASTM A356 grade 2 are iron alloys. They have a modest 37% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08135 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A356 grade 2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 94 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 30.2 to 42.3 | |
| 97.7 to 99.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 38 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |