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N08800 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel

Both N08800 stainless steel and EN 1.8838 steel 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 EN 1.8838 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.5 to 34
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150 to 390
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 580
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 1000
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 830
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
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
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
2.6
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 42 to 160
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96 to 1740
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 35
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 28
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 25
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0.015 to 0.054
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 39.5 to 50.7
95 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.23
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 35
0 to 0.85
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.027
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.65
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14