EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both EN 1.4530 stainless steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1370 | |
| 790 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 48 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 35 to 47 | |
| 23 to 24 |