ASTM A203 Steel vs. EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A203 steel and EN 1.3542 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A203 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3542 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 590 | |
| 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 to 7.6 | |
| 3.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 to 8.7 | |
| 3.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.2 to 4.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.7 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 23 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 to 52 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 7.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 26 |