EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A202 Steel
Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and ASTM A202 steel are iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A202 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 590 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 350 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 34 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 85 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 19 | |
| 93 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 330 to 350 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 17 to 20 |