AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A283 Carbon Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and ASTM A283 carbon 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 A283 carbon steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 110 to 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 26 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 240 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 360 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 180 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| 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 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 91 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 11 to 15 |