ASTM A302 Alloy Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A302 alloy steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 25 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 A302 alloy steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 23 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 280 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 390 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 620 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 to 3.0 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 21 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 50 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 58 to 63 |