SAE-AISI 1132 Steel vs. AISI 201LN Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1132 steel and AISI 201LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 SAE-AISI 1132 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
210 to 320 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
25 to 51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
340 to 540 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 440 | |
530 to 680 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 720 | |
740 to 1060 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 590 | |
350 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
880 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1410 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
17 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
38 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 97 | |
230 to 310 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 940 | |
310 to 1520 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
27 to 38 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
24 to 30 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.24 to 0.34 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
16 to 17.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
67.9 to 73.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
6.4 to 7.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
4.0 to 5.0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.25 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.015 |