AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 718
AISI 201LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 to 51 | |
| 12 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 460 to 760 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 680 | |
| 660 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 1060 | |
| 930 to 1530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 770 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 1.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 230 to 310 | |
| 140 to 390 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 1520 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 38 | |
| 31 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 30 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 27 to 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 73.5 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 6.4 to 7.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.1 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |