ASTM A514 Steel vs. EN 1.5508 Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and EN 1.5508 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 11 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 420 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 310 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 to 8.8 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 44 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 260 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 15 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 12 to 43 |