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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 91 Class 2

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2 are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.020
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.080 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
8.0 to 9.5
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
87.3 to 90.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.85 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0.060 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.030 to 0.070
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0.2 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.010