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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy

AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 26 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 Type 4 magnetic alloy.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
2.0 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
220 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
420 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
620 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
270 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
60
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
140
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
22 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
190 to 2840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
19 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
18 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
21 to 37

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 0.3
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
9.5 to 17.5
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 6.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
79 to 82
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants