ASTM Grade HC Steel vs. EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM grade HC steel and EN 1.4305 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HC steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4305 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.0 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 96 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 29 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 21 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 95 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.9 to 74 | |
| 66.4 to 74.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 4.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |