EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both EN 1.4655 stainless steel and ASTM A588 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 1.4655 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 25 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 730 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 480 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 43 to 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.3 to 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 580 | |
| 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 16 |