EN 1.4029 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A203 Steel
Both EN 1.4029 stainless steel and ASTM A203 steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4029 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 400 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 550 | |
| 330 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 930 | |
| 520 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 740 | |
| 290 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 7.4 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 8.5 to 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 50 to 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 120 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 1410 | |
| 230 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 33 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 34 | |
| 15 to 17 |