ASTM A387 Grade 21 Steel vs. EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A387 grade 21 steel and EN 1.4020 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A387 grade 21 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 13 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 250 | |
| 340 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 370 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 590 | |
| 770 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 430 to 950 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 480 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 37 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 62 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.4 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 110 | |
| 140 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 320 | |
| 460 to 2290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 25 to 32 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 16.5 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.4 to 96 | |
| 62.8 to 71.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |