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SAE-AISI A4 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI A4 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 SAE-AISI A4 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710 to 2050
800 to 1430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
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 12
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.9
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 59
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.3
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 73
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 46
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 67
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 1.0 to 1.1
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 2.2
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 92 to 95.5
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 1.8 to 2.2
14 to 15.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.4
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants