Nickel 625 vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 625 and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 33 to 34 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 320 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 to 600 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 910 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 450 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 330 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1290 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 80 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 to 250 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 490 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 23 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 58 to 68.9 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.2 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |