Annealed AISI 205 vs. Annealed SAE-AISI A2
Both annealed AISI 205 and annealed SAE-AISI A2 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 annealed AISI 205 and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI A2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 88 | |
| 96 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 5.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 73 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 8.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 1.0 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 89.4 to 93.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |