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EN 1.7386 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7386 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 200
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 21
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 290
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 410
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 670
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 440
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92 to 110
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 490
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 24
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 22
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 10
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 86.8 to 90.5
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
14 to 15.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
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), % 0.25 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants