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Grade TDC Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both grade TDC steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

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

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
800 to 1430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.4
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.2
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030