EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A302 Alloy Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and ASTM A302 alloy 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 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A302 alloy steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 350 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 39 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 7.2 to 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.2 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 2.4 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 48 to 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 330 to 410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 17 to 18 |