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EN 1.8201 Steel vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8201 steel and AISI 201 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 1.8201 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
200 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 20
4.6 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310
280 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 390
450 to 840
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
650 to 1450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
300 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 450
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.8
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
12
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 59
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
61 to 340
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530
230 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
23 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
14 to 32

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.030
0
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.0060
0
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 1.9 to 2.6
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.2
67.5 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 0.1 to 0.6
5.5 to 7.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.050 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.020 to 0.080
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.0050 to 0.060
0
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0