AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
AISI 201L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 400 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 660 | |
| 750 to 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 740 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 150 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 370 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 1370 to 1540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |