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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.5501 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
120 to 150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
180 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
270 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
390 to 510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
260 to 420

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
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
40 to 83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
190 to 460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
14 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
15 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
11 to 15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.13 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
98.4 to 99.269
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.6 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