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EN 1.8550 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8550 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.8550 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 600
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
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 3.4
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 67
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.3
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1550
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 94.4 to 96.3
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
14 to 15.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.85 to 1.2
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 0.035
0 to 0.030