R05240 Alloy vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 420 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |