EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 11 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 550 | |
| 560 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
| 800 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 570 | |
| 450 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 260 | |
| 150 to 430 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 830 | |
| 510 to 3060 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 29 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 25 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.12 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
| 62.6 to 68.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.32 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |