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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 9 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
20 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
160 to 240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 500
310 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
500 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
230 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
87

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
83 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
140 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
18 to 20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
87.1 to 90.8
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
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