AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 22% 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 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 51 | |
13 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
400 to 410 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 680 | |
750 to 760 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1060 | |
1210 to 1250 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 770 | |
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 | 230 to 310 | |
150 to 180 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 1520 | |
1370 to 1540 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 38 | |
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 17.5 | |
23 to 25 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
19 to 21 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 73.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 6.4 to 7.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 2.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
43.6 to 52.2 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.7 to 1.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 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 0.015 | |
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 |