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AISI 201 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both AISI 201 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 440
200 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 51
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280 to 600
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 840
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650 to 1450
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 1080
280 to 1010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 61 to 340
73 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 2970
200 to 2700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 52
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 37
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 32
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 67.5 to 75
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 7.5
0.75 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants