EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade M Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade M steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 M steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 240 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 660 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 450 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 3.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 1140 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 92.5 to 95.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 2.8 to 3.9 |
| 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 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |