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UNS N08801 (Alloy 801) Stainless Steel

N08801 stainless steel is a superaustenitic (highly alloyed) stainless steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. N08801 is the UNS number for this material. Alloy 801 is the common industry name.

It has a moderately low base cost among wrought superaustenitic stainless steels. In addition, it has a fairly high tensile strength and a moderately low ductility.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare N08801 stainless steel to: wrought superaustenitic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

200 GPa 28 x 106 psi

Elongation at Break

34 %

Fatigue Strength

260 MPa 37 x 103 psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.28

Shear Modulus

77 GPa 11 x 106 psi

Shear Strength

570 MPa 83 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

860 MPa 120 x 103 psi

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)

190 MPa 28 x 103 psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

300 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Corrosion

630 °C 1160 °F

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

1090 °C 1990 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1390 °C 2530 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1360 °C 2470 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

12 W/m-K 7.2 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

16 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

1.7 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

1.9 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

30 % relative

Density

8.0 g/cm3 500 lb/ft3

Embodied Carbon

5.5 kg CO2/kg material

Embodied Energy

79 MJ/kg 34 x 103 BTU/lb

Embodied Water

200 L/kg 23 gal/lb

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance)

21

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)

220 MJ/m3

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)

92 kJ/m3

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

14 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

24 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

30 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

25 points

Thermal Diffusivity

3.3 mm2/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

20 points

Alloy Composition

Among wrought stainless steels, the composition of N08801 stainless steel is notable for including titanium (Ti) and containing a comparatively high amount of nickel (Ni). Titanium is used to broadly improve mechanical properties. Nickel is primarily used to achieve a specific microstructure. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on mechanical properties and certain types of corrosion.

Iron (Fe)Fe 39.5 to 50.3
Nickel (Ni)Ni 30 to 34
Chromium (Cr)Cr 19 to 22
Titanium (Ti)Ti 0.75 to 1.5
Manganese (Mn)Mn 0 to 1.5
Silicon (Si)Si 0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu)Cu 0 to 0.5
Carbon (C)C 0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S)S 0 to 0.015

All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.

Followup Questions

Similar Alloys

Further Reading

ASTM B407: Standard Specification for Nickel-Iron-Chromium Alloy Seamless Pipe and Tube

ASM Specialty Handbook: Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys, Joseph R. Davis (editor), 2000

Nickel Alloys, Ulrich Heubner (editor), 1998

Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels, John C. Lippold and Damian J. Kotecki, 2005

Corrosion of Austenitic Stainless Steels: Mechanism, Mitigation and Monitoring, H. S. Khatak and B. Raj (editors), 2002

Austenitic Stainless Steels: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, P. Marshall, 1984

ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994

Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015