AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and AISI 205 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 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |