EN 1.6554 Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both EN 1.6554 steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 30 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 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 230 to 280 | |
240 to 250 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
18 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
470 to 540 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
790 to 830 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 to 260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
400 to 440 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
37 to 51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
7.2 to 7.6 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
8.3 to 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
2.3 to 3.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 to 7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
1.6 to 1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
21 to 25 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
140 to 170 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
1280 to 1590 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
28 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
24 to 25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
10 to 14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
23 to 24 |