Type 2 Magnetic Alloy vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel
Both Type 2 magnetic alloy and AISI 201 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 38 | |
| 4.6 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 910 | |
| 650 to 1450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 870 | |
| 300 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 160 | |
| 61 to 340 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 2010 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 30 | |
| 23 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 14 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 53 | |
| 67.5 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 49 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |