AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D2 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D2 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 D2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 5.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 760 to 2000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 470 to 1510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 570 to 5940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 27 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 25 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 81.3 to 86.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |