AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 201L stainless steel and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 AISI 201L stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 660 | |
| 480 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 790 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 93 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 520 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.33 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 77.2 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |