EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. 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 EN 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
240 to 250 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 45 to 51 | |
18 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 340 | |
470 to 540 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 540 | |
490 to 520 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
790 to 830 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 340 | |
690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 to 260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
400 to 440 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
37 to 51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
7.2 to 7.6 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
8.3 to 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
2.3 to 3.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 to 7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
1.6 to 1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
21 to 25 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 310 | |
140 to 170 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 300 | |
1280 to 1590 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
28 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 to 25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
10 to 14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
23 to 24 |