ASTM A387 Grade 12 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 12 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 12 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 230 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 330 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 520 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 310 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.8 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.7 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 110 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 58 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.8 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 98.2 | |
| 71.5 to 75.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.6 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10.2 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |