S32050 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel
Both S32050 stainless steel and AISI 201 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S32050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
| 200 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 4.6 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 280 to 600 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 | |
| 450 to 840 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 650 to 1450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 | |
| 300 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 48 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 290 | |
| 61 to 340 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
| 230 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 23 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 14 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 43.1 to 51.8 | |
| 67.5 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.0 to 6.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.21 to 0.32 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |