AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and austenitic nodular cast iron are iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is austenitic nodular cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 140 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 6.8 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 to 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 to 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 430 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 190 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 to 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1340 to 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1300 to 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 to 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 to 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.5 to 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 48 to 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 91 to 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 24 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 98 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 12 to 15 |