AISI 440A Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A514 Steel
Both AISI 440A stainless steel and ASTM A514 steel are iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 440A stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A514 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 20 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 790 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 1040 | |
| 490 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1790 | |
| 790 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1650 | |
| 690 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 to 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 37 to 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.2 to 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.3 to 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 48 to 57 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 120 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 65 | |
| 28 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 43 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.2 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 65 | |
| 23 to 24 |