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S28200 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI L2 Steel

Both S28200 stainless steel and SAE-AISI L2 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S28200 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI L2 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870
590 to 1960

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
21 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27
20 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
19 to 65

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0.45 to 1.0
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.7 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 57.7 to 64.1
95.5 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 17 to 19
0.1 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 0.25
Nitrogen (N), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3