AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A210 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and ASTM A210 steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A210 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 320 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 290 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 to 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 45 to 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 15 to 17 |