AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A572 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and ASTM A572 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 A572 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 140 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 240 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 300 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 470 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 330 to 510 |
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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 47 |
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 | |
| 290 to 690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 17 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 14 to 18 |