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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8509 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.8509 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.8509 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
580
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
65

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
2.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
2340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
33

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
1.5 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
95.5 to 97.1
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035