ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.4606 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 1.4606 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 410 to 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 600 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 200 to 1010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 21 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 21 to 35 |