AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both AISI 201L stainless steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 320 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 660 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 460 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 580 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |