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Grade FDSiCrV Steel vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel

Both grade FDSiCrV steel and AISI 201L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade FDSiCrV steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 630
190 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2100
740 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 75
27 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 47
24 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 1.0
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.12
0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.8
67.9 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
5.5 to 7.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.7
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.25
0