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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8898 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.8898 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 1.8898 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
490

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
2.2
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
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
96.7 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0 to 0.025
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12