AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both AISI 201LN stainless steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 51 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 680 | |
| 490 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1060 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 770 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| 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 | |
| 37 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.2 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.3 to 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 to 310 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 1520 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 38 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 23 to 24 |