EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A225 Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and ASTM A225 steel are iron alloys. There are 30 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 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A225 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 330 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 620 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 460 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 580 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 22 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 18 to 24 |