AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. Solder Alloy 123
AISI 301LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 123 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 123.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 8.0 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 18 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.44 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 6.2 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 28 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 26 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 29 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 7.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 74 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 500 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 0.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 7.8 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 0.69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 1.8 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 3.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 93.5 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |