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ASTM A387 Grade 11 Steel vs. AISI 334 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A387 grade 11 steel and AISI 334 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 ASTM A387 grade 11 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 334 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 180
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 250
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 320 to 390
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 600
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 350
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.1
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 130
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 320
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 21
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 20
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.17
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.5
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.6
55.7 to 62.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.65
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.45 to 0.65
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 21
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6