AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A414 Steel
Both AISI 301L stainless steel and ASTM A414 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A414 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 320 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 530 | |
| 140 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 660 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1040 | |
| 360 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 790 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 49 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 to 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.3 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 to 300 | |
| 69 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 1580 | |
| 100 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 37 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 29 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 24 | |
| 11 to 17 |