AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 301L 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 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 240 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 160 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |