Type 2 Magnetic Alloy vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both Type 2 magnetic alloy and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy 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, % | 2.0 to 38 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 910 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 870 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 160 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 2010 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 30 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 53 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 49 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |