ASTM A414 Steel vs. EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A414 steel and EN 1.4305 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A414 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4305 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 180 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 26 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 260 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 420 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 590 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 350 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 to 50 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.4 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 to 1.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 to 22 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 130 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 330 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 21 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 20 |