AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM B541 Gold
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B541 gold belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B541 gold.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 110 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 6.0 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 38 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 410 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 670 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 480 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 90 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1110 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 930 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 170 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 65 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 1090 to 3830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 3.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 9.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 11 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 9.8 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 36 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 15.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 70.5 to 72.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Platinum (Pt), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |