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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
6.8 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
350 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
540 to 870
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
890 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
13
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
98 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
26 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030