ASTM A285 Carbon Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A285 carbon steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A285 carbon steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 130 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 to 34 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 180 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 290 | |
| 510 to 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 230 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 to 1430 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 94 to 150 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 16 to 23 |