ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.4021 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 240 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 630 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 390 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 400 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 22 to 31 |