SAE-AISI 1090 Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1090 steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1090 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 280 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 570 | |
| 490 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 950 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 37 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 to 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 91 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1000 | |
| 1280 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 34 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 31 | |
| 23 to 24 |