N08135 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI O2 Steel
Both N08135 stainless steel and SAE-AISI O2 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N08135 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI O2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 640 to 2050 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 94 | |
| 26 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 23 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 22 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.85 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 30.2 to 42.3 | |
| 95 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 33 to 38 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |