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AISI 312 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 312 stainless steel and AISI 201 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 312 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
200 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 28
4.6 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
280 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510
450 to 840
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
650 to 1450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
300 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 33
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
61 to 340
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
230 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
23 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
14 to 32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 62.2 to 69.2
67.5 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
5.5 to 7.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 6.5
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.14 to 0.2
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030