EN 1.5662 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and AISI 205 stainless 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 (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
210 to 440 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
11 to 51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
410 to 640 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
560 to 850 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
800 to 1430 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
880 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1380 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1340 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
11 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
37 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
150 to 430 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
510 to 3060 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
29 to 52 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
25 to 37 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.12 to 0.25 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
16.5 to 18.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
62.6 to 68.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
14 to 15.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
1.0 to 1.7 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.32 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |