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EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade B Steel

Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade B steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade B steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 34
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 550
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 1130
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 970
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 220
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470 to 2370
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 61.2 to 69
97.9 to 99.85
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
0 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010