ASTM A356 Grade 5 vs. EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A356 grade 5 and EN 1.4057 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A356 grade 5 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 320 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 840 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 530 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.2 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 96 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 700 to 1610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.12 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 99.2 | |
| 77.7 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |