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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301LN Stainless Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and AISI 301LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 301LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
210 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
23 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
270 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
450 to 670
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
630 to 1060
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
270 to 770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
13
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
220 to 290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
180 to 1520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
22 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
21 to 30
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
14 to 24

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
70.7 to 77.9
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0.070 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants