EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A203 Steel
Both EN 1.3975 stainless steel and ASTM A203 steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 520 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 290 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.2 to 4.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.6 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 50 to 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 15 to 17 |