EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A182 Grade F5
Both EN 1.4740 stainless steel and ASTM A182 grade F5 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A182 grade F5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 510 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 18 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 6.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.8 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 82.7 | |
| 91.5 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.44 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |