MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

ASTM Grade HF Steel vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel

Both ASTM grade HF steel and AISI 201L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HF steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
190 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 29
22 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
740 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
290 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
210 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
220 to 1570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
27 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
24 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 23
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 60 to 73.8
67.9 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
5.5 to 7.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030