AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM B628 Ag-Cu
AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while ASTM B628 Ag-Cu belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM B628 Ag-Cu.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 83 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 1.1 to 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 31 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 350 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 4.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 9.5 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 16 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 26.6 to 29 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 71 to 73 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.21 |