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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7131 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.7131 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 1.7131 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
140 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
470 to 1390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
420
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
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
17 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
17 to 35
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
14 to 41

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.14 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
96.8 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
1.0 to 1.3
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