ASTM A514 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A514 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A514 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 250 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 490 to 520 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 830 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 690 to 770 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 to 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 to 440 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 to 3.8 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 to 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 to 25 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 to 57 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1280 to 1590 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 29 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 23 to 84 |