AISI 431 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 431 stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 431 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 250 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 610 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 840 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1380 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 710 to 1040 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1270 to 2770 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 50 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.8 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |