EN 1.4901 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 91 Class 2
Both EN 1.4901 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the normalized and tempered condition. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4901 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 490 | |
| 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.3 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 89 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 620 | |
| 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 85.8 to 89.1 | |
| 87.3 to 90.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.85 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.040 to 0.090 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |