ASTM Grade HF Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM grade HF steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 ASTM grade HF steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
210 to 440 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 29 | |
11 to 51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
410 to 640 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
800 to 1430 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
880 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1340 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
37 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
23 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
150 to 430 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
510 to 3060 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
29 to 52 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
25 to 37 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
0.12 to 0.25 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 23 | |
16.5 to 18.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 60 to 73.8 | |
62.6 to 68.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
14 to 15.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
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 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |