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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3551 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.3551 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 1.3551 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
530
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1490
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
4.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
71
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
82

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
18
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.77 to 0.85
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
88.8 to 91.1
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.15 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 4.5
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.25
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.9 to 1.1