S21904 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 2 Steel
Both S21904 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 2 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% 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 S21904 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 300 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 51 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 550 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 620 | |
| 300 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1000 | |
| 470 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 910 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 to 310 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 2070 | |
| 180 to 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 36 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.8 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.050 to 0.21 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 59.5 to 67.4 | |
| 97.1 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0.55 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |