ASTM A387 Grade 91 Class 2 vs. S35135 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2 and S35135 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 91 class 2 and the bottom bar is S35135 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 94 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 37 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.3 to 90.3 | |
| 28.3 to 45 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 30 to 38 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |