SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI D2 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 SAE-AISI D2 steel 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, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 1160 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |