ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.4028 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 1.4028 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 | |
| 230 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 660 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 390 to 730 |
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 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 3.2 |
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 | |
| 94 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 23 to 32 |