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EN 1.7177 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7177 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7177 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 480
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1990
800 to 1430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
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 2.1
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 71
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 45
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 59
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.55 to 0.65
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0.6 to 0.9
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 97 to 98.2
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants