AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1158 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.1158 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 (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1158 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 170 to 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 300 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 470 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 240 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 89 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 150 to 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 97.6 to 99.38 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |