AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4320 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 4320 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 370 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 570 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 430 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 480 to 560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 95.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |