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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1172 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.1172 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1172 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
140 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
480 to 1720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
17 to 61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
17 to 41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
15 to 55

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.32 to 0.39
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
98.2 to 99.18
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.5 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025