EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A414 Steel
Both EN 1.4662 stainless steel and ASTM A414 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 1.4662 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A414 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 450 | |
| 140 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 540 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 830 | |
| 360 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 620 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1090 | |
| 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 | |
| 49 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.2 to 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.3 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 69 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 840 to 940 | |
| 100 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 30 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 11 to 17 |