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EN 1.4362 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel

Both EN 1.4362 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 9 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 EN 1.4362 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
20 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320
160 to 240
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 470
310 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
500 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460
230 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1060
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
9.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
87

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
83 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530
140 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24.5
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Iron (Fe), % 65.5 to 74.3
87.1 to 90.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.6
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.040