ASTM A387 Grade 2 Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 2 steel and EN 1.4541 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 2 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 to 170 | |
190 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
14 to 40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 250 | |
190 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 350 | |
410 to 550 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 550 | |
600 to 900 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 350 | |
220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
940 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
16 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
3.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
46 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
18 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
110 to 190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 320 | |
120 to 830 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 20 | |
21 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
20 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.21 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.3 | |
65.2 to 74 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.55 to 0.8 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
9.0 to 12 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.7 |