EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 11 Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 11 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 11 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 200 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 320 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 3.1 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0.050 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 96.2 to 97.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |