EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 9 Steel
Both EN 1.3967 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 9 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 9 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1070 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 87 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 36 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 83 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 140 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 21.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.3 to 57.8 | |
| 87.1 to 90.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |