S45500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 490 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 23 to 24 |