AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Monel 400
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 140 to 1080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |