AISI 201L Stainless Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
AISI 201L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201L stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 46 | |
| 2.0 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 530 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 660 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1040 | |
| 620 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 790 | |
| 270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 60 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 22 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1570 | |
| 190 to 2840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 37 | |
| 19 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 18 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 9.5 to 17.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 79 to 82 |
| 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 0.020 |