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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. S82012 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and S82012 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S82012 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
480
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
24
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 1580
790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
19 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
71.3 to 77.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0.8 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0.16 to 0.26
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050