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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. Grade FDCrV Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and grade FDCrV steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

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

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
540
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
1800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
64
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
53

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.62 to 0.72
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.12
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
97.8 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.5 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25