ASTM A36 Carbon Steel vs. EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A36 carbon steel and EN 1.4903 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 ASTM A36 carbon steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 320 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 670 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 650 |
| 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 | 50 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 3.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 36 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 44 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.26 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.25 to 100 | |
| 87.1 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.85 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.1 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |