AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Grey Cast Iron
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and grey cast iron are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grey cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 160 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 9.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 69 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 69 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 180 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 160 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 98 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 44 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 13 to 37 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 27 to 240 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 5.8 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 8.7 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 6.0 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 3.1 to 3.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 92.1 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |