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AISI 205 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8201 Steel

Both AISI 205 stainless steel and EN 1.8201 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.8201 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 440
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 51
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 640
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 560 to 850
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800 to 1430
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 1100
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 430
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 3060
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 52
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 37
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.25
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
1.9 to 2.6
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.1
93.6 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 15.5
0.1 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.050 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.020 to 0.080
Nitrogen (N), % 0.32 to 0.4
0 to 0.015
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 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.0050 to 0.060
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3