N08800 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A356 Grade 6
Both N08800 stainless steel and ASTM A356 grade 6 are iron alloys. They have 47% 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 N08800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A356 grade 6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 to 34 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 390 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1000 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 830 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.3 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 76 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 3.1 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 42 to 160 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 96 to 1740 | |
| 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 35 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 28 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 25 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 23 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 39.5 to 50.7 | |
| 96.2 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 35 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |