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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H25 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H25 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 H25 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
710 to 1620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1750
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1700
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
420
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
38
Density, g/cm3 7.6
9.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
93
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
83

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
29
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
22 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
20 to 34
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
22 to 49

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.22 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
77.2 to 81.3
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.15 to 0.4
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 0.3
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
14 to 16
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.4 to 0.6

Comparable Variants