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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6958 Steel

Both AISI 201LN stainless steel and EN 1.6958 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 EN 1.6958 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
700
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 530 to 680
700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
1140
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
1070

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
450
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
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
2.9
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 310
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
3050
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
39

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.0050 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.25 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
1.2 to 1.7
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
92.6 to 94.5
Manganese (Mn), % 6.4 to 7.5
0.2 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.35 to 0.55
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
3.3 to 3.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12