AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 685
AISI 201L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 685 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 29 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 nickel 685.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 320 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 660 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 340 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 1820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0030 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.030 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 49.6 to 62.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.12 |