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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 12L14 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 12L14 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 12L14 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
140 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
11 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
280 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
440 to 620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
260 to 460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
64 to 93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
180 to 560
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
15 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
16 to 20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
97.9 to 98.7
Lead (Pb), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.85 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0.040 to 0.090
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0.26 to 0.35