EN 1.3961 Alloy vs. ASTM A414 Steel
Both EN 1.3961 alloy and ASTM A414 steel are iron alloys. There are 24 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 EN 1.3961 alloy and the bottom bar is ASTM A414 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 31 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 | |
| 360 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 1.3 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 66 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 69 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 100 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 130 | |
| 11 to 17 |