AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and Type 2 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 3.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 4.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |