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AISI 384 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 384 stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 384 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
800 to 1430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
11
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 60.9 to 68
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 19
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030