AISI 301LN Stainless Steel vs. R05252 Alloy
AISI 301LN stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while R05252 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301LN stainless steel and the bottom bar is R05252 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 51 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1060 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 770 | |
| 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 140 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 6.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 17 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 600 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 63 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 1520 | |
| 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 6.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 12 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 38 | |
| 5.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 30 | |
| 6.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.7 to 77.9 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 88.8 to 91 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |