AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.4594 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4594 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 490 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 1020 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 810 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 1660 to 3320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 36 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 34 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 72.6 to 79.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |