SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 340 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 2700 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |