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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316LN Stainless Steel

Both AISI 201LN stainless steel and AISI 316LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% 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 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
42
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
82
Shear Strength, MPa 530 to 680
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 310
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
62 to 71.9
Manganese (Mn), % 6.4 to 7.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030