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S21904 Stainless Steel vs. N08020 Stainless Steel

Both S21904 stainless steel and N08020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is N08020 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 51
15 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 550
210 to 240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 620
380 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1000
610 to 620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 910
270 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 980
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
1.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
1.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
38
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
6.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
92
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
28
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160 to 310
83 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 2070
180 to 440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 36
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 29
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 21
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21.5
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 59.5 to 67.4
29.9 to 44
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.5
32 to 38
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035

Comparable Variants