EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and ASTM A514 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 A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 420 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 640 | |
| 490 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 1020 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 630 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| 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 | |
| 37 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 7.2 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 to 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 1010 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 36 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 35 | |
| 23 to 24 |