Half-hard AISI 201L vs. Half-hard AISI 205
Both half-hard AISI 201L and half-hard AISI 205 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the half-hard temper. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is half-hard AISI 201L and the bottom bar is half-hard AISI 205.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 320 | |
| 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1040 | |
| 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 790 | |
| 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1570 | |
| 1900 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 37 | |
| 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 30 | |
| 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.9 to 75 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |