EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A414 Steel
Both EN 1.4945 stainless steel and ASTM A414 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A414 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 110 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 34 | |
| 15 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 140 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 740 | |
| 360 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 550 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 49 to 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 to 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 8.3 to 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 69 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 760 | |
| 100 to 330 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 14 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 11 to 17 |