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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8958 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.8958 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 1.8958 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
410
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
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
70
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.35 to 0.85
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
96.5 to 99.3
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.15 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040