ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 860 to 950 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 1010 to 1110 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 1690 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 1570 to 1730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 60 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 58 to 63 |