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AISI 201 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel

Both AISI 201 stainless steel and EN 1.5501 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 AISI 201 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5501 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 440
120 to 150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 51
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280 to 600
180 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 840
270 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650 to 1450
390 to 510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 1080
260 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 61 to 340
40 to 83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 2970
190 to 460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 52
14 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 37
15 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 32
11 to 15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.13 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 67.5 to 75
98.4 to 99.269
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 7.5
0.6 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025