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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade LC9 Steel

Both AISI 201LN stainless steel and ASTM grade LC9 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade LC9 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
8.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
65

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 310
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
87.4 to 91.5
Manganese (Mn), % 6.4 to 7.5
0 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
8.5 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.045
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030