AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 360 to 3440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 19 to 46 |