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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8874 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.8874 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.8874 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
500

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
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
670
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0 to 0.015
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 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15