ASTM A514 Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 270 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 37 to 51 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 to 7.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 850 to 4390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 to 14 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 31 to 50 |