Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AISI 205 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 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 nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 710 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 1100 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.6 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 16 to 29 |