EN 1.6570 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 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 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |