AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 305 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 201L stainless steel and AISI 305 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 201L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 305 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 320 | |
| 170 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 660 | |
| 400 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 580 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 130 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 65.1 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 10.5 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |