EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A572 Steel
Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and ASTM A572 steel are iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A572 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 18 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 240 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1010 to 1110 | |
| 300 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 470 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 100 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 17 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 14 to 18 |