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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and AISI 201L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
190 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
22 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
520 to 660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
740 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
290 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
12
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
210 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
220 to 1570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
27 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
24 to 30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
67.9 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
5.5 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants