ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.4307 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 1.4307 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 200 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 100 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 13 to 20 |