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AISI 8740 is a nickel-chromium-molybdenum alloy steel reaching 930-1080 MPa after quench and temper. Chemical composition, heat …

4340 VAR (UNS G43400) is a vacuum arc remelted, ultra high strength low alloy steel reaching up …

Tungsten (Wolfram, W) is the refractory metal with the highest melting point at 3422 °C and a …

EN AW-7075 (3.4365 / AlZn5.5MgCu / AA7075) is an aerospace grade 7xxx series aluminium alloy reaching 510-580 …

EN AW-6060 (3.3206 / AlMgSi0.5 / AA6060) is a medium strength, heat treatable 6xxx series aluminium alloy …

EN AW-2017A (3.1325 / AlCu4MgSi / AA2017A) is a copper-based, age hardenable 2xxx series aluminium alloy. Chemical …

Ti Grade 5 (Ti-6Al-4V / 3.7164 / UNS R56400) is the most widely used (alpha+beta) titanium alloy, …

Ti Grade 2 (3.7035 / UNS R50400) is commercially pure titanium combining corrosion resistance, biocompatibility and good …

Nitronic 50 (1.3964 / UNS S20910 / XM-19) is a nitrogen-strengthened austenitic stainless steel with roughly twice …

Nimonic 80A (UNS N07080 / BS HR1) is an age hardenable nickel-chromium super alloy strengthened by gamma …

Custom 455 (UNS S45500) is an age hardenable martensitic stainless steel reaching over 1300 MPa tensile strength …

Waspaloy (2.4654 / UNS N07001) is an age hardenable nickel-cobalt-chromium super alloy with creep strength between 700-870 …

Monel K-500 (2.4375 / UNS N05500) is an age hardened nickel-copper alloy with roughly twice the strength …

Monel 400 (2.4360 / UNS N04400 / ASTM B127) is a nickel-copper alloy with excellent resistance to …

Kovar (1.3981 / UNS K94610 / ASTM F15) is a nickel-iron-cobalt alloy whose thermal expansion matches borosilicate …

X-750 (2.4669 / UNS N07750) is an age hardened nickel-chromium super alloy strengthened by gamma prime precipitation …

Hastelloy X (2.4665 / UNS N06002) is a nickel-chromium-iron-molybdenum super alloy with oxidation resistance and creep strength …

Hastelloy C276 (2.4819 / UNS N10276) is a nickel-molybdenum-chromium super alloy resistant to wet chlorine, hypochlorite, acids …

Hastelloy C22 (2.4602 / UNS N06022) is a nickel-chromium-molybdenum-tungsten super alloy resistant to both oxidising and reducing …

Incoloy 800H (1.4876 / 1.4958 / UNS N08810) is a nickel-iron-chromium super alloy with creep and oxidation …

Inconel 718 (2.4668 / UNS N07718) is an age hardened nickel super alloy with roughly 1240 MPa …

Inconel 625 (2.4856 / UNS N06625) is a solid solution strengthened nickel-chromium-molybdenum-niobium alloy with outstanding corrosion resistance …

Inconel 601 (2.4851 / UNS N06601) is an aluminium-bearing nickel-chromium super alloy with oxidation resistance up to …

Inconel 600 (2.4816 / UNS N06600) is a nickel-chromium super alloy resistant to oxidation, carburisation and chloride …

Nickel 200 and Nickel 201 (UNS N02200 / N02201) are commercially pure nickel alloys with a minimum …

AISI F255 (1.4507 / UNS S32550 / Ferralium 255) is a copper-alloyed super duplex stainless steel with …

AISI F55 (1.4501 / UNS S32760 / Zeron 100) is a super duplex stainless steel with a …

AISI F53 (1.4410 / UNS S32750) is a super duplex stainless steel with a 50% ferrite – …

AISI 440C (1.4125 / X105CrMo17) is a high carbon martensitic stainless steel that can be hardened to …

AISI 431 (1.4057 / X17CrNi16-2) is a nickel-alloyed, high strength martensitic stainless steel. Chemical composition, quenching and …

AISI 420 (1.4021 / X20Cr13) is a high carbon martensitic stainless steel hardenable by heat treatment up …

AISI 321 (1.4541 / UNS S32100) is a titanium-stabilised austenitic stainless steel that resists carbide precipitation at …

17-7 PH (1.4568 / UNS S17700) is a precipitation hardening stainless steel that combines a high elastic …

17-4 PH precipitation hardening martensitic stainless steel: composition, ageing grades, mechanical properties, ASTM and AMS standards, and …

15-5 PH precipitation hardening martensitic stainless steel: composition, ageing grades, mechanical properties, ASTM and AMS standards, and …

13-8 PH precipitation hardening martensitic stainless steel: composition, heat treatment, mechanical properties, AMS and ASTM standards, and …

Maraging 300 ultra-high-strength steel: chemical composition, heat treatment, mechanical properties, AMS and ASTM standards, and aerospace and …

Maraging 350 ultra-high-strength steel: chemical composition, heat treatment, mechanical properties, AMS standards, and aerospace and defence applications …

AISI 904L super austenitic stainless steel: chemical composition, mechanical properties, ASTM and AMS standards, and chemical, marine …

Incoloy A-286 iron–nickel–chromium superalloy: chemical composition, mechanical properties, heat treatment, AMS and ASTM standards, and aerospace and …

AISI 410 martensitic stainless steel: chemical composition, mechanical properties, heat treatment, AMS standards, advantages and disadvantages …

Invar 36 (FeNi36 / Alloy 36) low thermal expansion alloy: composition, mechanical properties, AMS and ASTM standards, …

Haynes 25 (Alloy L-605) cobalt-based superalloy: composition, mechanical properties, AMS and ASTM standards, and aerospace, energy and …

AerMet 100 ultra-high-strength steel: chemical composition, heat treatment, mechanical values, AMS and ASTM standards, and aerospace and …

Inconel 600 is a corrosion alloy and Inconel 601 a heat-resisting one; chromium and aluminium make the …

The difference between these two precipitation-hardening stainless steels is chromium: Custom 455 gives up chromium for higher …

These two super duplexes share a chromium-nickel band; F55 contains copper and tungsten, while F53 offers higher …

The difference between these two super duplexes is copper and tungsten: F255 carries copper for acid service, …

Two low-alloy quench-and-temper steels with the same carbon; 4340’s much higher nickel and chromium give it markedly …

AISI 434 has the same chromium as 430; its difference is molybdenum, and that difference is decisive …

With higher chromium and added nickel, AISI 431 is the most corrosion-resistant of the hardenable stainless steels; …

AISI 430F is 430 with sulphur and molybdenum added: far easier to machine, but it cannot be …

420B and 420C are carbon steps within the same 13 % chromium martensitic family; 420C reaches higher …

AISI 416 is the free-machining version of 410: the easiest stainless steel to machine, but behind 410 …

AISI 415 is a low-carbon nickel-molybdenum martensitic: tougher, stronger and far more weldable than AISI 410 …

AISI 405 contains aluminium and therefore cannot be hardened by quenching; AISI 410 hardens but requires post-weld …

AISI 329 is a first-generation duplex and AISI 318 a modern nitrogen-alloyed one; the difference is molybdenum, …

AISI 314 has the same chromium and nickel as 310S; its difference is silicon, and that difference …

AISI 303 is AISI 304 with sulphur added: it machines far faster, but gives up weldability and …

Inconel 625 is nickel-based and delivers corrosion and temperature resistance far beyond that of 316L …

In chloride environments Ti Grade 2 is well ahead of 316L; 316L is economical and easy to …

Ti Grade 5 is half the density and corrosion resistant; AISI 4340 is stronger and far more …

Nitronic 50 is an austenitic stainless strengthened with nitrogen and manganese; it gives more than twice the …

17-7PH is semi-austenitic and used for spring applications, 17-4PH martensitic and used for general high strength …

With raised cobalt and titanium, Maraging 350 moves into a strength class above Maraging 300 …

Haynes 25 is cobalt based and works at higher temperature; Inconel 625 is nickel based with broader …

With its cobalt and molybdenum additions Waspaloy works at higher temperature and higher strength than Nimonic 80A …

A286 is iron based and more economical; Inconel 718 is nickel based and works at higher temperatures …

Hastelloy X is optimised for oxidation and creep at high temperature, Inconel 625 for corrosion and strength …

Incoloy 925 is an Incoloy 825 derivative made age-hardenable through aluminium and a higher titanium content …

Incoloy 800H is designed for high-temperature strength, Incoloy 825 for acid corrosion resistance …

Hastelloy B-3 contains no chromium and was developed for reducing acids; C-276 contains both chromium and molybdenum …

C-2000 was developed with a copper addition to resist both oxidising and reducing acids …

EN AW 7075 is among the strongest aluminium grades but cannot be welded; 6082 is the weldable …

EN AW 5083 is the marine standard with higher magnesium and manganese; 5754 is softer and easier …

EN AW 7075 is zinc-based and stronger; 2017A is copper-based and easier to machine …

EN AW 6082 is used for structural strength, 6060 for thin profiles and surface quality …

Ti Grade 4 is the strongest pure titanium grade; Grade 5 is alloyed and can be hardened …

Ti Grade 1 is the softest pure titanium grade; Grade 2 is stronger thanks to its slightly …

ELI is the Ti6Al4V version with reduced oxygen and iron limits; its toughness and cryogenic performance are …

Ti Grade 2 is pure titanium; Grade 5 delivers three times the strength through aluminium and vanadium …

Invar 36 gives the lowest possible thermal expansion; Kovar is designed to match the expansion of borosilicate …

The only difference between Nickel 200 and 201 is the carbon content; 201 was developed for service …

Monel K-500 is a Monel 400 derivative made age-hardenable by adding aluminium and titanium …

C-276 is molybdenum-weighted and C-22 chromium-weighted; one excels in reducing, the other in oxidising environments …

Inconel X-750 hardens through a titanium-based gamma prime phase and is used for springs; 718 hardens with …

Inconel 718 hardens with niobium, Waspaloy with titanium and aluminium; Waspaloy stays stable at higher temperatures …

Inconel 625 hardens by solid solution, Inconel 718 by ageing; 718 delivers far higher strength …

Inconel 600 is a nickel–chromium alloy, Inconel 625 one strengthened with molybdenum and niobium …

Super duplex F53 contains more chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen than duplex 318; it was developed for seawater …

Duplex AISI 318 is a mixture of austenite and ferrite phases; it gives more than twice the …

AISI 430 is ferritic and magnetic, AISI 304 austenitic; the element that makes the difference is nickel …

904L contains far more nickel and molybdenum than 316L and was developed for sulphuric and phosphoric acid …

17-4PH hardens with copper, 13-8PH with aluminium; 13-8PH gives a cleaner structure and higher toughness …

15-5PH is the reduced-delta-ferrite version of 17-4PH; its transverse toughness is higher …

AISI 440C contains far more carbon than 420 and reaches 58–62 HRC; 420 stays tougher and is …

The difference between AISI 410 and AISI 420 is the carbon content; 420 reaches higher hardness, 410 …

AISI 321 and AISI 316Ti are both titanium-stabilised; the difference between them is the molybdenum content …

The only difference between AISI 304 and 304L is the carbon content; 304L is preferred for welded …

The only difference between AISI 316 and 316L is the carbon content; in welded parts that difference …

The key difference between AISI 304 and AISI 316 is molybdenum; in chloride-bearing environments that difference is …

AISI 4140 is a quenched and tempered steel, H11 a 5% chromium hot work tool steel. The …

The difference between Maraging 250 and Maraging 300 lies in cobalt and titanium; both are carbon-free, nickel-based …

300M and AerMet 100 are in a similar strength class; the difference emerges in toughness and reduction …

300M is essentially an AISI 4340 derivative with raised silicon and vanadium. The strength difference and landing …

The difference between AISI 8620 and AISI 9310 lies in the nickel content and in the core …

The key difference between AISI 4140 and AISI 4340 is nickel. Chemical composition, mechanical values, AMS/UNS equivalents …