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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 317LMN Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and AISI 317LMN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 317LMN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
1020
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
65
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
36
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
3.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
17 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
54.4 to 65.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
13.5 to 17.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030