AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 260 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| 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 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |