AISI 202 Stainless Steel vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Both AISI 202 stainless steel and Type 2 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 202 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 980 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 580 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 4.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 840 | |
| 170 to 2010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.5 to 71.5 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |