EN 1.7386 Steel vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7386 steel and AISI 201L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 EN 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 200 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 290 | |
| 270 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 410 | |
| 520 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 670 | |
| 740 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 440 | |
| 290 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 110 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 490 | |
| 220 to 1570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 27 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.8 to 90.5 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |