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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8915 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.8915 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 1.8915 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
190
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
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
640
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
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
640
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

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.7
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
95.2 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
1.1 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 0.8
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 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.2