AISI 414 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A372 Grade M Steel
Both AISI 414 stainless steel and ASTM A372 grade M steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 414 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A372 grade M steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 480 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 510 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 to 960 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 700 to 790 | |
| 660 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 450 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 3.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1260 to 1590 | |
| 1140 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 34 | |
| 29 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 28 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 35 | |
| 24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.8 to 87.3 | |
| 92.5 to 95.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 2.8 to 3.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |