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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
11
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 15.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030