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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4028 Steel

Both AISI 201LN stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4028 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4028 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
150 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
14 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
180 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 530 to 680
310 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
490 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
260 to 520

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
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.1

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
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230 to 310
81 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
180 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
17 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
18 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
16 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.25 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 6.4 to 7.5
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.035 to 0.050

Comparable Variants