ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel vs. AISI 347 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 9 steel and AISI 347 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 347 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 34 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 240 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 600 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 240 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 87 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 110 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 310 | |
| 150 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.8 | |
| 64.1 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |