ASTM A356 Grade 5 vs. AISI 305 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A356 grade 5 and AISI 305 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A356 grade 5 and the bottom bar is AISI 305 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 170 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 580 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.2 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 130 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 99.2 | |
| 65.1 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10.5 to 13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |