EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 21L Class 1
Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 21L class 1 are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4935 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 21L class 1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 62 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 6.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 94.4 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |