S15500 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and AISI 201L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 270 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 520 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 740 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 290 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 220 to 1570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 27 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |