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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
770 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
14 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
6.5 to 7.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants