AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1065 Steel
Both AISI 301LN stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1065 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1065 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 210 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 520 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 670 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 710 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 430 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 74 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 490 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 25 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |