AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 330 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 78 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| 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 |