ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 300 to 420 | |
210 to 440 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 11 | |
11 to 51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
410 to 640 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 960 to 1350 | |
800 to 1430 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1180 | |
450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
280 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
1340 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
37 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
23 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 120 | |
150 to 430 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1500 to 3590 | |
510 to 3060 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 48 | |
29 to 52 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 35 | |
25 to 37 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 32 to 45 | |
16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0.12 to 0.25 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.7 | |
16.5 to 18.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.3 to 78.4 | |
62.6 to 68.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
14 to 15.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.6 to 4.6 | |
1.0 to 1.7 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0.32 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |