AISI 347 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 347 stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 347 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 210 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 46 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 350 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 480 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 220 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 310 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.1 to 74 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 13 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |