MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 12 Steel

Both S46910 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 12 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 S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 12 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 630
140 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.2 to 11
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 1020
190 to 230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 1410
300 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 2470
470 to 520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 2290
260 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48 to 130
98 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 4780
180 to 250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 86
16 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 51
17 to 18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 84
14 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.17
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 13
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 65 to 76
97 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0.45 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.15 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.5 to 1.2
0

Comparable Variants