AISI 201 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3555 Steel
Both AISI 201 stainless steel and EN 1.3555 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3555 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 440 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 1450 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 9.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 52 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 32 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.5 to 75 | |
| 85.4 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 3.2 to 3.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |