AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 300 to 420 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 5.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 960 to 1350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 760 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 1500 to 3590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 34 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 32 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 15.5 to 17.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 72.3 to 78.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 3.6 to 4.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |