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AISI 201LN Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both AISI 201LN 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 201LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 320
200 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25 to 51
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 540
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 530 to 680
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 1060
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 770
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 2.4
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 230 to 310
73 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 310 to 1520
200 to 2700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 38
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 30
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 73.5
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 6.4 to 7.5
0.75 to 1.0
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 to 0.040

Comparable Variants