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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.4740 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
22
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
18
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
16 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
75.4 to 82.7
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030