Grade 365 Molybdenum vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel
Grade 365 molybdenum belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 201 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 365 molybdenum and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 310 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.3 | |
| 4.6 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.31 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 650 to 1450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 | |
| 300 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.0 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 28 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 330 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 360 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 37 | |
| 61 to 340 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 23 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 14 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 67.5 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 99.9 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |