AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3961 Alloy
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.3961 alloy are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.3961 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 1.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 130 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 60.7 to 65 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 35 to 37 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |