AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7711 Steel
Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.7711 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 1.7711 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 440 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 51 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 290 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 to 850 | |
| 440 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 to 1430 | |
| 690 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 1100 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 2.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 430 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 3060 | |
| 430 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 52 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 37 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.25 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.6 to 68.1 | |
| 96 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.32 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |