AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. Nickel 601
AISI 301L stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel 601 belongs to the nickel alloys. They have a modest 39% 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 (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 nickel 601.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 10 to 38 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 220 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 440 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 660 to 890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 290 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 14 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 1.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 86 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 210 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 22 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 2.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 7.7 to 20 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 58 to 63 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |