AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 201LN Stainless Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and AISI 201LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 25 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 530 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 740 to 1060 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 350 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 310 to 1520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 27 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 67.9 to 73.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 6.4 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |