ASTM A387 Grade 12 Steel vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 12 steel and AISI 410 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 12 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 160 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 230 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 330 | |
| 330 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 520 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 310 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.7 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 110 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 250 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.17 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 98.2 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |