EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A266 Carbon Steel
Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and ASTM A266 carbon steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A266 carbon steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
150 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
21 to 26 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
170 to 200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
320 to 380 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
500 to 600 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
230 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
51 to 52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
8.1 to 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
18 to 19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
46 to 47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
140 to 230 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
18 to 21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
18 to 20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
16 to 19 |