ASTM A210 Steel vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A210 steel and S45503 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A210 steel and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 160 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 360 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 to 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 to 46 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 56 to 64 |