EN 1.4020 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both EN 1.4020 stainless steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4020 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 34 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 540 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 490 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 1130 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 950 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 220 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 2290 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 32 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 23 to 24 |