ASTM A387 Grade 12 Steel vs. EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 12 steel and EN 1.4530 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, 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 EN 1.4530 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 520 | |
| 1030 to 1370 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.7 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 36 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 35 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 98.2 | |
| 74.4 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.6 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.28 to 0.37 |