AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1330 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1330 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1330 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 150 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 330 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 520 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 290 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 76 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 230 to 990 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 97.3 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |