AISI 201 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A299 Steel
Both AISI 201 stainless steel and ASTM A299 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A299 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 440 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 51 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 600 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 840 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 1450 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 1080 | |
| 330 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 340 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 2970 | |
| 290 to 350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 52 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 17 to 18 |