AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. ASTM B817 Type II
AISI 301L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B817 type II belongs to the titanium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B817 type II.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 100 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 3.0 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 40 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 900 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 780 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1580 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1530 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 550 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 650 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 26 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 2890 to 3890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 55 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 45 to 47 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 62 to 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chlorine (Cl), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 0.35 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sodium (Na), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 82.1 to 87.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |