EN 1.1191 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1191 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 200 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 290 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 430 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 700 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 440 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 510 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.08 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |