Nickel 718 vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Nickel 718 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 37% 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 (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel 718 and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 50 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 460 to 760 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 660 to 950 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1530 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 1330 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1260 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 75 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 13 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 190 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 390 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 4560 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 51 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 44 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.2 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 21 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 11.1 to 24.6 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 55 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.65 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |