AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |