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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
22
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
34
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3