Solder Alloy 181 vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 181 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 181 and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 18 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 41 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.44 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 6.1 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 27 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 26 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 310 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 300 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 130 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 29 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.2 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 37 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 0.86 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 7.7 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 0.66 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 1.8 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 3.8 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 96.2 to 98 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |