AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 AISI 205 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 350 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 530 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 860 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 540 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 730 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 31 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 73.2 to 80.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |