AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Ductile Cast Iron
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and ductile cast iron are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 ductile cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 2.1 to 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 to 0.31 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 64 to 70 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 420 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 460 to 920 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 310 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1160 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1120 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.1 to 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 43 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 17 to 80 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 280 to 1330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 17 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 18 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 17 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |