EN 1.3539 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3539 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3539 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.2 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.8 | |
| 23 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.1 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 96.5 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |