EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 91 Class 2
Both EN 1.4903 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 91 class 2 are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. 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 1.4903 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, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 330 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 8.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 87.3 to 90.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0.85 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |