AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 201LN stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 51 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 680 | |
| 430 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1060 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 770 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 to 310 | |
| 110 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 1520 | |
| 120 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 38 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 73.5 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 6.4 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |