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AISI 304L Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304L stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 304L stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 350
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.7 to 46
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 430
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 680
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540 to 1160
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 870
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 240
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92 to 1900
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 41
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 31
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 74
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 12
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants